Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims he ‘respectfully declined’ the Trump campaign’s offer to serve as his vice president

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed Monday that former President Donald Trump’s ’emissaries asked me to be his deputy.’

Kennedy mocked Trump in a message on Xnot to mention the individuals from Trumpworld who reportedly tried to woo him to be on the Republican ticket.

A spokesman for the Trump campaign did not immediately return DailyMail.com’s request for comment.

‘President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I am sooooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his deputy,” Kennedy wrote. ‘I respectfully declined the offer.’

“I’m against President Trump and President Biden can’t win,” the former Democrat offered. ‘Judging by his new website, it looks like President Trump knows who can actually beat him.’

Kennedy mocked Trump in a message on X, without mentioning the Trumpworld figures who reportedly tried to woo him to be on the Republican ticket

Kennedy was referring to a website launched by the Trump-aligned Make America Great Again, Inc. PAC, called RadicalF-ingKennedy.com.

The website lists a number of left-wing policies Kennedy has said he supports, including the Green New Deal, ‘high taxes’ and ‘gun confiscation.’

Kennedy has been critical of the National Rifle Association and has worked as an environmental lawyer.

“RFK Jr. became defensive and emotional when he was exposed as a left-wing radical,” an email from Make America Great Again, Inc. said. after Kennedy’s speech on X.

Republican-leaning voters have shown some interest in Kennedy’s campaign because of his anti-vaccine rhetoric and criticism of how COVID-19 was handled.

The DailyMail.com/JL Partners poll last month showed Kennedy gobbling up 9 percent of President Joe Biden’s 2020 voters, compared to 7 percent of those who voted for Trump four years ago.

That gave Trump an advantage over Biden nationally – 43 percent to Biden’s 39 percent.

In the long run, Kennedy’s presidential run could hurt former President Donald Trump, court heard Monday, because he attracts moderate suburban Republican women away from the former president.

But Ipsos president Cliff Young argued to DailyMail.com that Kennedy could hurt Trump in the long run when he analyzed the demographics of those flirting with the third-party candidate.

“He’s helping Biden more than Trump,” Young said in an interview last month. “What we’re actually seeing is the disgruntled suburban moderate Republican who really didn’t like Dobbs, probably doesn’t like Donald Trump’s record with women, who doesn’t know where he’s going,” Young said of the typical Kennedy supporter.

One year ago this week, Kennedy launched his presidential bid — originally running as a Democrat against Biden in the Democratic primary.

In October, Kennedy changed tack and relaunched himself as an independent presidential candidate instead.

That means he will have to focus only on the general election, but will have access to ballots in every state, which has tended to frustrate independent presidential candidates in the past.

As part of these efforts, Kennedy had to nominate a candidate ahead of major party candidates.

Last month, Kennedy announced that he had chosen Nicole Shanahan, a Bay Area attorney and entrepreneur who is the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

Shanahan had donated several million dollars to a Kennedy-aligned super PAC to fund the candidate’s Super Bowl television commercial before joining the ticket.

It is unclear when Trump will announce his nominee.

Typically, major party candidates wait until the summer to roll out a VP election prior to the candidate’s party convention.

The Republican National Convention is held in mid-July.