Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and former President Trump are running for president. (Getty Images)
Kennedy said he was "grateful" to Trump for "calling attention to the rigged polling methodologies that biased DNC-influenced media have used against you."
"We have this concern too, and I’m happy to show you the deceptive methodologies used by DNC-allied pollsters who pretend that I’m in single digits. You have correctly characterized these as ‘fake polls,'" he said.
Kennedy pointed to polling results from Zogby, an analytics firm he contracted. The independent presidential candidate said that poll shows Trump beat President Biden "handily" in a head-to-head matchup.
"I crush him as well, by even more. And against each other, I beat you in a nail-biter," RFK Jr. claimed. "In a three-way, you are ahead but I’m coming up strong. Two new polls (CNN and Quinnipiac) have me above the 15% debate threshold. Another (Activote) has me at 26% among young voters. And you and I are tied among America’s 70 million Independents."
President Biden waves as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House after returning on Marine One in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2024. ( ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Either Biden or Trump would be the oldest president ever sworn in on Inauguration Day.
Trump is in the midst of the first of potentially four criminal trials and facing felony charges. The Constitution does not prevent him from assuming the presidency if convicted — or even if he is in prison.
Biden, who will turn 82 years old just weeks after Election Day, Nov. 5, is already the oldest president in U.S. history; Trump is 77.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a "No Spoiler" pledge for the upcoming elections at a campaign stop in Brooklyn, New York. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Privately, Democratic operatives close to the campaign worry constantly about Biden's health and voters' dim perceptions of it, according to The Associated Press. In recent weeks, aides have begun walking at Biden’s side as he strolls to and from Marine One, the presidential helicopter, on the White House South Lawn in an apparent effort to help mask the president's stiff gait.
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Still, neither party is making serious contingency plans, assuming the general election matchup is all but set.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
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