Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ruled out a run as a Libertarian candidate to assist in his efforts to get on the ballots in all 50 states -- a marked change from his prior posture, where he kept the door open.
"We're not gonna have any problems getting on the ballot ourselves so we won't be running Libertarian," he told ABC News
Kennedy spoke from West Des Moines, Iowa, where his campaign was taking a victory lap, touting their Saturday afternoon gambit to get on to the general election ballot in Iowa through a quirk in state law as a rollicking success. Its plan was to hold a small, one- day convention in West Des Moines with at least 500 eligible voters, who must hail from at least 25 of the state's 99 counties.
The campaign says they surpassed that benchmark -- a member of his team claiming it accrued 686 credentialed delegates representing more than 35 counties in Iowa. The results have yet to be certified by the Iowa secretary of state's office.
During the interview with ABC News prior to his assembly Saturday, Kennedy said he found a single day event "easier" than amassing the 3,500 signatures needed to gain independent access via petition.
And he said "100% confident" he can replicate these results in all 50 states, despite encountering concurring road-blocks to getting on the ballot across the country.
"We're going to add probably two to three states a week," Kennedy said.
Good, he's not a libertarian.
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