Twitter Co-Founder Endorses RFK Jr.

Looks like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis won’t be the only presidential primary candidate getting some serious tech mogul support.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored an endorsement from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on Sunday.

The candidate has been bringing up some unique points about Bitcoin, calling it an exercise in democracy. “When I’m president, I will make sure you use your own wallet. The government can’t interfere with it, no way the government will be taxing your electricity 30% and going into your computers, taking those intrusive measurements.”

First #Bitcoin President pic.twitter.com/f4X5OXPQKT

— Cory Bates (@corybates1895) June 4, 2023

Aside from DeSantis, he’s the first primary candidate to include pro-Bitcoin talking points.

RFK Jr. was on Fox News with Harris Faulkner and was asked a common question. Could he actually win? He said he could, giving Fox News the headline, “RFK Jr. argues he can beat Trump and DeSantis:”

On Twitter, Dorsey replied quite simply, “he can and will.”

He can and will https://t.co/zrKLc2BKhz

— jack (@jack) June 4, 2023

Fox Business notes that one Twitter user asked if that comment was an endorsement of just a prediction.

“Both,” he replied, making his support official.

This comes after RFK Jr. scored 16% in a Fox News poll with President Joe Biden at 62%. Fellow challenger Marianne Williamson was in third place with 8% of the primary vote.

The poll numbers aren’t too different from the ones DeSantis has been getting against former President Donald Trump.

RFK JR. is a candidate to be taken seriously, but the Democratic National Committee doesn’t see it that way. They already said Biden won’t be participating in any primary debates.

When a Twitter user said the DNC would never allow RFK Jr. to become the nominee, Dorsey replied, “true, but they are becoming more irrelevant by the day.”

He has a point. Cable news ratings have taken a massive, consistent dive.

Elon Musk has even been open to the idea of hosting a Democratic primary debate via Twitter, with the assumption that Biden wouldn’t participate.

And he’ll be hosting RFK Jr. on his Twitter Spaces platform Monday at 2pm

With current cable news audience numbers being hovering under half a million, the number of viewers watching a debate via Twitter should be comparable.

So the endorsement gives Kennedy Jr. cache with the tech mogul crowd, which is not just good for donation dollars, but for voter visibility, as this primary and its process may increasingly become the new tech primary.

Right now, Kennedy Jr. is distantly behind Biden in his quest to seek the Democratic nomination. But as Biden ducks and covers, new media will allow RFK Jr. to be more present than ever. It may be unwise to rely on old world ways.