host: if you would like to join the conversation with joel stein, you can do so. our lines are republicans (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. we have a line for green party members. call us on (202) 748-8003. that is the same line you can use for texting us as well. what was your reaction to the news that rfk junior has suspended his campaign and endorsed former president trump? guest: i think it is a shame that democrats basically drove him out, using the same legal tactics against him that they have used against us. i think it is a sad commentary on the anti-democratic party, that they have thrown candidates off the ballot. i do not see myself in the same camp at all as rfk. he was new and independent politics. i do not think he knew what he was getting into. he is new to politics altogether. he comes from a family of political aristocracy. he has no idea what it means to get in and fight the system for deep change. my problem was while he talked about change and peace he was actually as rabid and violent a pro-war candidate

we are joined now from boston, massachusetts by joel stein, the green party presidential nominee. welcome to the program. can you delineate for us the major differences between your party and the other option facing voters this november? >> our party is different from the other options. we are a people powered party. we do not take money from corporations and billionaires. we do not use the big loophole that biden, harris, trump, rfk, all the candidates use them at the big loopholes. a single donor can write a check for $1 million. it gets laundered into the campaign, which means that powerful people can exert a lot influence from the inside. we are the one party which is not taking legalized bribes so we can stand up for what it is people want, for health care for everyone as a human right which is through a system that is more efficient and cuts out the red tape and saves a ton of money while it covers everybody. we can bring down the cost of housing and billed to the housing we actually need, so called social housing. we can make public higher education free and cut the militar

they adopted their platform and confirmed joel stein as the presidential nominee, and butch ware as a vice presidential nominee. you can watch the proceedings this sunday at 9 p.m. on c-span. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington, live and on-demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings, and hearings from the u.s. congress, white house events, the courts, campaigns and more from the world of politics. all at your fingertips. you can also stay current with the latest episodes of "washington journal" and find scheduling information for c-span tv and radio, plus a variety of compelling podcasts. c-span now is available at the apple store and google play, scan the qr code to download for free or visit c-span.org/c-span now. c-span now, your front row seat to washington anytime, anywhere. >> next, robert f.ennedy, jr. announces the suspension of his presidential campaig and his endorsement of donald trump during speech in phoenix, arizona. mr. kennedy highlighted h decision to only remove

we really are not engaging on the joel stein overall, even though in 2016, hillary clinton will say that costal the election, they're not, and they seem to be sort of ignoring it right now at the moment, i will say with the rfk endorsing one of the big questions i have is just how motivated those kennedy voters are. >> i was looking at some research on them earlier and they skew younger. they're a little less motivated to come out and vote and they have unfavorable views of both harris and trump. so while trump's pollster said that this could make a difference, especially on the margin trends in some of these states with trump, i think the big question is how motivated are these kennedy voters actually going to be to show up yeah, that's harrison. >> the harris campaigns point. they just don't know how many of that 6% in arizona sure. crucial state a state that now she feels that she can play it in a way that president biden wasn't able to play in when he was still on the ticket a crucial state, but they just don't know how many of those 6% are actually going to go out to the polls parti

host: if you would like to join the conversation with joel stein, you can do so. lines are republicans (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. we have a line for green party members. call us on (202) 748-8003. that is the same line you can use for texting us as well. what was your reaction to the news that rfk junior has suspended his campaign and endorsed former president trump? guest: i think it is a shame that democrats basically drove him out, using the same legal tactics against him that they have used against us. i think it is a sad commentary on the anti-democratic party, that they have thrown candidates off the ballot. i do not see myself in the same camp at all as rfk. he was new and independent politics. i do not think he knew what he was getting into. he is new to politics altogether. he comes from a family of political aristocracy. he has no idea what it means to get in and fight the system for deep change. my problem was while he talked about change and peace he was actually as rabid and violent a pro-war candidate as