CNN anchor: RFK Jr.'s Trump endorsement 'huge' based on swing state polls

CNN anchor Erin Burnett addressed the dismissive attitude of naysayers towards former President Trump's "huge" endorsement from former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

On Friday, Kennedy stunned the political scene by revealing he was suspending his campaign and endorsing the Republican candidate, despite being a lifelong Democrat.

According to Burnett, the most recent swing state polls indicate that Kennedy has between 5% and 6% of the vote.

In swing states, if the difference between Harris and Trump is not significant, it is a big deal. It is everything. It is more than the margin in those same states.

A recent New York Times/Siena College poll revealed that Kennedy has 6% support in Arizona and Nevada, and 5% in Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

At a rally in Glendale, Arizona, Trump welcomed Kennedy with a hero's welcome.

Kennedy, the nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, both of whom were assassinated, initially ran as a Democrat in a primary challenge to President Biden. However, he later sought an independent run after being pushed out by the party.

The news cycle was previously dominated by Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepting the Democratic nomination at the DNC convention in Chicago just one month after Biden withdrew from the race, but his endorsement of Trump threw a wrench in it.

In his withdrawal speech, Kennedy criticized liberal "media outlets" affiliated with the Democratic Party, claiming they were working with the party to suppress him and give the impression that Harris was popular.

"During his 10-month presidential campaign in 1992, Ross Perot gave 34 interviews on mainstream networks. In contrast, during the 16 months since I declared, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN combined gave only two live interviews with me. Those networks instead ran a continuous deluge of hit pieces with inaccurate, often vile pejoratives and defamatory smears. Some of those same networks colluded with the DNC to keep me off the debate stage."