Episode description

The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the Presidential candidacy of the anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and explore the ways his run for the White House as an independent might spoil the election for either Joe Biden or Donald Trump. 

“He’s not a serious threat in terms of being able to win,” says Jane Mayer, “but he is potentially a serious threat in being able to spoil this election for one side or the other.”

This week’s reading:

• “Is 2024 Doomed to Repeat 1968 or 2020—or Both?” by Susan B. Glasser
• “Trump Is Turning Victimhood Into His Legal Strategy,” by Eric Lach
• “Donald Trump’s Sleepy, Sleazy Criminal Trial,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells

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