小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪的独立总统竞选称已终止与一名顾问的合同，该顾问在视频中鼓励人们投票给他，以“摆脱拜登”，即使这意味着选举前总统唐纳德·特朗普。
竞选经理孤挺花在X上的一篇帖子中宣布了这一决定，以回应一位肯尼迪支持者要求竞选团队与顾问丽塔·帕尔马保持距离的要求。
帕尔马评论的视频在网上激起了民主党人的热情，他们说这证实了他们对肯尼迪竞选目的的指责就是把白宫交还给特朗普乔·拜登总统。肯尼迪否认了这一点。
福克斯在《X》上写道:“在看到她给出了一个不准确的职位名称并描述了一段根本没有发生的对话的较长视频后，我们立即以虚假陈述为由终止了她的合同。”福克斯指的是帕尔马。
根据肯尼迪竞选团队和网上流传的帕尔马讲话视频，帕尔马上周五在纽约一场与肯尼迪竞选团队无关的活动中向人群发表讲话时，谎称自己是肯尼迪竞选团队的纽约州主任。
帕尔马在被解雇后通过短信告诉ABC新闻:“我在肯尼迪团队的时光是我一生中最棒的政治冒险之一，我遇到了一些最好的人，我遇到了很多这样的人。”。
“我没有恶意，并期待着在接下来的七个月里看着鲍比发光，”帕尔马写道。
她没有回答为什么她自称是纽约州竞选主任的问题。
肯尼迪的团队已经对帕尔马在视频中的评论进行了反击，视频已被民主党特工在社交媒体和其他地方分享。
在周五的活动中，帕尔马告诉肯尼迪的支持者，即使川普最终入主白宫，在纽约州支持他也能确保“无论如何我们都摆脱了拜登。”
“为什么我们不把我们的票投给博比，至少摆脱拜登，让纽约的那28张选举人票……投给博比而不是拜登，从而减少拜登的270张选票?”帕尔马在视频中说。“我们都知道所有的工作，对不对- 270赢得选举。如果你没有达到270，如果没有人达到270，那么国会就会选择总统，对吗?
“如果是共和党的国会，他们会选谁?他们会选川普，”帕尔马在视频中说。“所以无论如何我们都摆脱了拜登。”
肯尼迪的竞选经理本周早些时候告诉ABC新闻，她周一与帕尔马进行了交谈，并确定她在“健康自由活动”中“以私人身份行事”
“她绝对不代表竞选团队发言，”福克斯说。“她从来没有参加过我们的战略会议，也没有参加过任何关于纽约或全国选举战略的领导会议。”
RFK Jr. consultant terminated after saying that voting for him helps 'get rid of Biden'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'sindependent presidential campaignsays it has ended its contract with a consultant who was seen on video encouraging people to vote for him in order to get "rid of Biden" even if that means electing former President Donald Trump.
Campaign manager Amaryllis Fox announced the decision in a post on X in response to a Kennedy supporter asking for the campaign to distance itself from the consultant, Rita Palma.
Video of Palma's comments had energized Democrats online as they said it confirmed their accusations that the purpose of Kennedy's campaignis to hand the White House back to Trumpover President Joe Biden. Kennedy rejects that.
"We terminated her contract for misrepresentation immediately upon seeing the longer video in which she gave an inaccurate job title and described a conversation that did not happen," Fox wrote on X, referring to Palma.
While speaking to a crowd in New York on Friday at an event unaffiliated with the campaign, Palma falsely identified herself as the campaign's New York state director, according to the Kennedy campaign and the video of Palma's comments that circulated online.
"My time with Team Kennedy has been one of the best political adventures of my life filled with some of the best people I've encountered, and i have encountered many," Palma told ABC News via text message after she was terminated.
"I hold no ill will and look forward to the next seven months of watching Bobby shine," Palma wrote.
She did not respond to a question about why she identified herself as the campaign's New York state director.
Kennedy's team had already been pushing back on Palma's comments in the video, which has been shared by Democratic operatives on social media and elsewhere.
At the Friday event, Palma told Kennedy supporters that backing him in New York, even if Trump ultimately won the White House, made sure "we're rid of Biden either way."
"Why wouldn't we put our vote to Bobby and at least get rid of Biden and get those 28 electoral votes in New York … to Bobby rather than to Biden, thereby reducing Biden's 270?" Palma said in the video. "And we all know all that works, right -- 270 wins the election. If you don't get to 270, if nobody gets to 270, then Congress picks the president, right?
"Who are they going to pick if it's a Republican Congress? They'll pick Trump," Palma said in the video. "So we're rid of Biden either way."
Kennedy's campaign manager told ABC News earlier this week that she had spoken to Palma on Monday and determined she was "operating as a private citizen" at a "health freedom event."
"She definitely does not speak on behalf of the campaign," Fox said. "She's never been to one of our strategy meetings or any kind of leadership meeting on electoral strategy in New York or nationally."
