Third parties are like 'cockroaches in the kitchen,' former Clinton adviser says: 'Foul it up' for Biden

Paul Begala, a former adviser to Bill Clinton, compared third-parties to cockroaches on Monday and said Robert F. Kennedy Jr would throw "the whole election to Donald Trump," which he said was a very real threat.

While discussing the Biden campaign and DNC effort to "diminish" RFK Jr.'s third-party effort, Begala, a CNN political commentator, suggested Kennedy could throw the election to Trump and compared third-parties to cockroaches.

"Third parties elected Donald Trump in 2016, about six to seven percent of Americans voted third-party. That third-party vote dropped to less than two, which is how Biden won. So, anything over two, Democrats are in trouble. Kennedy alone is getting 15 in some of these places. So yeah, my view is third parties, they’re like cockroaches in the kitchen, okay?"

He added, "It’s not what they carry off that upsets you. It’s what they fall into and foul up. Bobby Kennedy can fall into every swing state and foul it up for Joe Biden and throw the whole election to Donald Trump. So, I’m very happy as a Democrat that the Democrats are on this because it’s a very real threat," Begala said.

The other panelists laughed at the comparison, as guest-host Phil Mattingly asked about how Donald Trump's campaign was looking at RFK Jr.'s role in the contest.

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CNN's Alayna Treene said Trump's team believed RFK Jr.'s candidacy was a wildcard.

"When I talked to them, they recognize that he’s kind of a wildcard in some senses. And especially when it comes to the people who are really against the system. When I talk to Trump‘s team, people close to the former president, people like Steve Bannon say this, that they