A New York radio personality has claimed that Aaron Rodgers being mentioned as a possible running mate for US President hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s campaign is ‘the most New York Jets story of all-time,’ as fans were baffled by the quarterback’s shock nomination.
In an astonishing report revealed on Tuesday, Kennedy, 70, told The New York Times that Rodgers, 40, and former Minnesota Gov. and WWE star Jesse Ventura, 72, are at the top of his VP list. Stefanie Spear, a campaign spokesperson, confirmed the Times report and said there are other names on Kennedy’s short list.
Now, in reaction to the latest development of the independent’s 2024 US Presidential election bid, WFAN’s afternoon crew couldn’t help but to be bemused by what they had just learned.
‘There’s no way this is true,’ Tiki Barber quipped, as Shaun Morash broke news of the New York Times report, while Evan Roberts joked that ‘we could be living in a world where Aaron Rodgers can’t play in the AFC title game because he’s being sworn in by Kamala Harris to replace her!’
But, Morash didn’t stop his criticism of a potential Kennedy-Rodgers presidential run there, slamming the potential collab’ as ‘the most Jets story of all time. If [Rodgers is] ”welcoming overtures,” even if it’s at five percent, he’s not all-in on quarterbacking the Jets.’
Jets QB Aaron Rodgers, 40, is on Robert F. Kennedy’s running mate list for the 2024 election
Robert F. Kennedy – a lawyer and environmentalist – is running as an independent outsider
WFAN’s Shaun Morash questioned Rodgers’ mindset after ‘welcoming overtures’ unrelated to football following an injury-ridden year with the Jets
Kennedy, a scion of one of the nation’s most prominent political families, has shifted his focus on recruiting high-profile names to get access to the ballot, an expensive and time-consuming process that he has said will require him to collect more than a million signatures in a state-by-state effort.
Many states require independent candidates to name a running mate before they can seek access to the ballot, a factor driving the early push for Kennedy to make a pick. Major party candidates generally don’t pick vice presidential nominees until closer to their summer conventions.
Kennedy is a lawyer and environmental activist who has become a leading figure in the movement that rejects the scientific consensus around vaccines.
He is also a vocal critic of the public health establishment.
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is also on RFK’s VP list for the US Presidential election
After originally running as a Democrat, he refocused his efforts around an independent campaign last year, spooking loyalists of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, who worry he’ll pick up supporters who would otherwise back one of the major party candidates.
Rodgers, the longtime Green Bay Packers QB who signed with the Jets last year but has been sidelined with a long-term Achilles injury, shares Kennedy’s distrust of vaccine mandates and, like Kennedy, is a fixture on anti-establishment podcasts.
Ventura, a former professional wrestler, shocked observers when he won the race for Minnesota governor as an independent candidate in 1998.