Mark Cuban Says He Helped Fund RFK Jr.’s Legal Fight To Run for President

Mark Cuban has said that he helped the independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. get on a ballot in North Carolina by donating to the Center for Competitive Democracy, an organization that helps support political candidates outside of the two-party system.

On Monday, Cuban wrote on X, formerly Twitter, “You know who helped pay for the lawsuit that got RFK Jr. and Cornel West on the NC Ballot? Me. I help fund Voter Choice. I’m not a fan of the two-party system and Voter Choice helps get candidates on ballots. And we are good at it. His NC org came to us for help. We helped. No cost to them. So I don’t feel bad that he can’t get off the ballot.”

The Center for Competitive Democracy confirmed in an email statement to Newsweek that Cuban in a donor.

The organization represented Kennedy Jr’s party We The People, along with the Justice for All Party which nominated Dr. Cornel West as its presidential candidate, in court proceedings that concluded in their favor, determining they should be placed on the ballot in North Carolina.

However, Kennedy Jr. went on to step down from the presidential race on August 23, and on August 30 filed a suit after the North Carolina State Board of Elections refused to remove him from the ballots, citing the impracticality of doing so as many have already been printed, local newspaper The News & Observer reported.

Cuban was responding to a post regarding Kennedy Jr.’s latest lawsuit. He followed up with various other posts, saying that Kennedy Jr. should have “dropped out sooner” if he wanted to stay off the ballots and pointed out that Kennedy Jr. stepped down a week after winning the lawsuit in North Carolina to be put on the ballots.

In a further response, Cuban wrote, “I don’t give money to PACs or Candidates or the parties. I give money to an orgs that helps candidates get on the ballot to compete with the two big parties. I’ve been doing it for YEARS.”

Kennedy Jr. showed support for Donald Trump during his speech after he stepped down from the race. Newsweek previously reported that Trump said he’d be open to giving him a role in his administration were he to win the election in November.

Some experts argued that Kennedy Jr.’s withdrawal from the presidential race could benefit Trump although others argue the opposite, according to the BBC.

Newsweek has contacted RFK Jr.’s office and Mark Cuban for a comment.

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