Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Saturday he “hopes” actor Woody Harrelson now supports his bid for the White House in 2024 and ruled out being former President Donald Trump’s running mate during his appearance at the Iowa State Fair.
Kennedy and fellow presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson were the two Democrats to attend the fair this year, scheduled back-to-back at the Des Moines Register’s political soapbox on Saturday afternoon.
With President Joe Biden in the White House — and skipping the Rehoboth Beach fair — much of the political attention at the fair was on Republicans vying for their party’s nomination.
But Kennedy’s speech, in particular, drew crowds of Trump supporters – who had spoken across the street earlier – with calls of “Trump-Kennedy!” and ‘Drain the swamp!’
Kennedy, an environmental lawyer turned prominent anti-vaxxer, told reporters afterwards that he “wouldn’t become” Trump’s running mate.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Saturday he “hopes” actor Woody Harrelson now supports his bid for the White House in 2024 and ruled out being former President Donald Trump’s running mate during his appearance at the Iowa State Fair.

On Friday, Kennedy’s wife, Cheryl Hines (right), posted a photo with actor Woody Harrelson (left), Harrelson wearing a ‘Kennedy’ hat, suggesting he supported the prominent presidential campaign anti vaxxer.
He was, however, more optimistic about getting a bit more star power.
Kennedy is married to actress Cheryl Hines, of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
On Friday, she posted a photo with Harrelson — and he was wearing a Kennedy hat.
Asked by DailyMail.com on Saturday if he had gained another famous supporter, the candidate replied: “I hope so”.
“My wife did a podcast with him. And she gave him a hat at the start of the podcast and she said, “Well, do you want to take it off now that we’re doing it?” He said no, then,” Kennedy said.
“You know, it’s very hard to get it on a cellphone,” Kennedy also said of Harrelson. ‘Because he doesn’t use a cell phone.
Both Kennedy and Williamson have the disadvantage of having another Democrat already residing in the White House.

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson confirmed that the Democratic National Committee told her there would be no primary debates against President Joe Biden, but said she was successful in reaching some voters using TikTok.
Williamson confirmed on Saturday that the Democratic National Committee had informed his campaign that there would be no Democratic primary debates, which is common practice when an incumbent president is in the running.
She said that while she was ignored by many mainstream media outlets, she was successful on TikTok, which is why her strongest numbers come from the nation’s youngest voters.
“They support me because they hear me,” she said. “And they hear me because they’re on TikTok.”
“So if you’re young, I have access to you and it doesn’t cost money,” she continued. “If you’re older than that, you probably get your political news from MSNBC, CNN, etc.,” she said, where she was “blackballed.”
Biden was represented at the fair on opening day by Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who appeared alongside Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart on Thursday.
Walz said he was not disappointed that Biden was not attending this year’s fair.
“I think the president is everywhere. I know Vice President Harris was here two weeks ago, I think you’re going to see a lot of substitutes,” he said.
He answered a blunt “no” when asked if he was worried about Kennedy and Williamson representing the party at the fair.
“We have some concerns that Robert Kennedy Jr. has made anti-Semitic comments,” said Hart, the commenter.
Kennedy at one point invoked Anne Frank and implied that Jews had more freedoms during the Holocaust than the unvaccinated during the pandemic.
More recently, he said COVID was “ethnically targeted,” so spare Jews and Chinese.
“But, you know, again, Iowa is very proud of the state fair tradition and welcomes everyone,” Hart said.