RFK Jr. Campaign Fires Staffer Who Said the Quiet Part Out Loud – Rolling Stone

                        By  <a class="c-link  lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover lrv-u-text-decoration-underline:hover" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/author/nikki-mccann-ramirez/"            >   Nikki McCann Ramirez</a>                        <br>    <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/robert-f-kennedy-jr/"  id="auto-tag_robert-f-kennedy-jr"  data-tag="robert-f-kennedy-jr"  ><span class="lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-012">Robert F. Kennedy</span>  Jr.</a>&rsquo;s campaign has fired one of its campaign officials who recently said her &ldquo;number one priority&rdquo; is defeating President Joe Biden, and that Kennedy&rsquo;s campaign was the &ldquo;best strategic opportunity to block Biden&rdquo; from getting reelected over Donald Trump.<br>   On Wednesday, the Kennedy camp quietly announced that Rita Palma had been removed from their roster.&nbsp;<br>  &ldquo;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,&rdquo;&nbsp;Kennedy campaign director Amaryllis Fox wrote on X.&nbsp;<br>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.<br>     On April 5, Palma, presenting herself as a New York state director for the Kennedy campaign, told a group of Republican voters that &ldquo;the only way that Trump can even [have a] remote possibility of taking New York is if Bobby is on the ballot. If it&rsquo;s Trump vs. Biden, Biden wins. Biden wins six days, seven days a week. With Bobby in the mix, anything can happen.     <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0"       class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">
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