No Spoilers: Team Biden Says No Third-Party Candidates Allowed at Debates, RFK Reacts

There will be presidential debates — at least, for sum.

According to reports from multiple media outlets, Team Biden has put a few restrictions on the Trump-Biden presidential debates: no audience, mics cut when time is up, and no RFK Jr.

Third-party candidates will not be allowed on stage at the debates.

RFK Jr. reacted to the news on X, claiming Trump and Biden are “colluding.”

“Presidents Trump and Biden are colluding to lock America into a head-to-head match-up that 70% say they do not want,” Kennedy wrote. “They are trying to exclude me from their debate, because they are afraid I would win. Keeping viable candidates off the debate stage undermines democracy.”

Presidents Trump and Biden are colluding to lock America into a head-to-head match-up that 70% say they do not want.

They are trying to exclude me from their debate because they are afraid I would win. Keeping viable candidates off the debate stage undermines democracy.…

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 15, 2024

“Forty-three percent of Americans identify as independents,” Kennedy pointed out in his message on X. “If Americans are ever going to escape the hammerlock of the two-party system, now is the time to do it.”

He emphasized that “these are the two most unpopular candidates in living memory. By excluding me from the stage, Presidents Biden and Trump seek to avoid discussion of their eight years of mutual failure including deficits, wars, lockdowns, chronic disease, and inflation.”