CNN reporter sounds alarm on RFK Jr, says his support among voters is 'not a joke': He's at 'Ross Perot' level

CNN is sounding the alarm about the 2024 impact of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying the support behind his campaign is "not a joke."

On Wednesday's installment of "Anderson Cooper 360," CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten outlined Kennedy's standing in the 2024 race, telling his colleague Anderson Cooper that the independent candidate appeals to voters "against the machine" and that it may sound "like a joke."

"But the fact is, it's not a joke," Enten said. "Look at his polling right now. He's polling at north of 15% nationally."

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Providing historical context, Enten compared the strength of Kennedy's support to famed independent candidate Ross Perot, who earned nearly 20% of the vote in the 1992 presidential election and nearly 10% in the 1996 election.

Enten couldn't definitively say whether Kennedy's presence in the race takes more support away from President Biden or former President Trump, as polls have given mixed signals showing a slight edge hurting Trump, but he was far more confident in predicting that adding Aaron Rodgers as his vice presidential candidate, as Kennedy has recently floated, would peel off even more voters from Trump.

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"If he decides that he's going to go down this road of nominating someone to be or choosing someone to be his vice president who is quote, unquote, ‘anti-vax,’ that could only hurt Donald Trump because the fact is, Republicans are more likely to be against the COVID-19 vaccine and vaccines in general than Democrats are," Enten said. "So this is something I think could definitely play out during the campaign and could