Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is lashing out after being excluded from the upcoming presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump that are scheduled for June and September. Kennedy, who is unlikely to meet the debate qualification requirements laid out by CNN, said in a social media post that the president and former president are “trying to exclude me from their debate because they are afraid I would win.”

Biden wants to debate Trump now.

Notice RFK Jr wasn’t invited.

But Trump and Kennedy will be at the Libertarian Party National Convention in less than two weeks.

Seems like a good opportunity to debate with everyone involved.

Trump, RFK Jr, Biden, and the LP nominee can… pic.twitter.com/Sz7WtzqHTh

— Being Libertarian (@beinlibertarian) May 15, 2024

“Keeping viable candidates off the debate stage undermines democracy” Kennedy who is attempting to mount an independent campaign wrote on X. The Biden and Trump campaigns announced earlier Wednesday that they had accepted invitations to debate on CNN on June 27 and on ABC News on Sept. 10.

Bobby Kennedy Jr calls on Biden to debate following the Special Counsel's report which found that Biden is diminished:

"We have a right as the American people, I think, to know that our president is actually leading the country and somebody else is not.” pic.twitter.com/kY6gaF5d2J

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 13, 2024

JUST IN: Peter Doocy confronts Joe Biden about dodging RFK Jr. at the CNN presidential debate.

Doocy: “You don’t wanna debate RFK Jr.?”

Biden: *Goofy grin*pic.twitter.com/thFKNJ0uYV

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) May 16, 2024

Do people understand what Biden just did?

He is ditching the debates held by the bipartisan debate commission and creating his own so that he can remove RFK Jr, who qualifies under the traditional bipartisan rules.

This is literally the opposite of Democracy. pic.twitter.com/OI6PScGvkl

— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) May 15, 2024

According to CNN’s rules, a candidate must be on the ballot in enough states to earn a majority of Electoral College votes by June 20. Although the Kennedy campaign is making efforts to meet the state-by-state qualifications to get on the ballot, many states won’t certify the candidates who have qualified until later in the summer.

DEBATE: Biden’s debate challenge to Trump came with fine print:

• No live audience
• RFK Jr. is banned
• Trump’s mic is muted when Biden speaks
• Only hosted by NPR, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, or CBS
• Moderated by Democrat-aligned reporter pic.twitter.com/ST4ZKTcMFA

— @amuse (@amuse) May 15, 2024

Throughout his third-party campaign, the avidly pro-choice Kennedy has maintained that both Biden and Trump have created the majority of what he sees as the country’s current issues around the economy, healthcare and foreign policy. 

“If Americans are ever going to escape the hammerlock of the two-party system, now is the time to do it,” Kennedy wrote. “These are the two most unpopular candidates in living memory.”

Kennedy has told his followers that he will “meet the criteria to participate in the @CNN debate before the June 20 deadline.”

I’m happy to report that I will meet the criteria to participate in the @CNN debate before the June 20 deadline. I look forward to holding Presidents Biden and Trump accountable for their records in Atlanta on June 27 to give Americans the debate they deserve. #KennedyShanahan24

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 15, 2024