Time: “As his poll numbers sagged— in a recent CBS News poll, Kennedy drew 2%—and his campaign ran out of cash, Kennedy blamed his lack of momentum on a multi-front war against his campaign. But he particularly blamed Democrats, saying his campaign was under siege by shadowy DNC operatives… Kennedy said his campaign had been infiltrated and sabotaged by undercover Democratic operatives trying to ‘gut it from within.’ At every level, he said, ‘we’re seeing a lot of dirty tricks being used against the campaign.’”
At that time, Kennedy was withering in his appraisal of Trump: “I don’t think President Trump has a high interest in actually governing. I think he had a very high interest in campaigning.”
His running mate, Nicole Shanahan was equally disparaging: “I don’t like his style. It’s very brutish.”