Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Campaign Holds Comedy Fundraiser in Los Angeles

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued campaign fundraising in Los Angeles Wednesday night with a stand-up comedy event hosted by the independent presidential candidate’s wife and actress Cheryl Hines.

The A Night of Laughter With RFK Jr. & Friends evening at the Million Dollar Theater included performances by Jeremy Piven, Bobby Lee, Rob Schneider, Tre Stewart, Mike Binder, Erica Rhodes, Dustin Ybarra and radio host and podcaster Adam Carolla.  

The benefit event, with an after party for $1000 Silver and $1500 Gold contributors, was part of a string of comedy shows planned for across the U.S. as the RFK Jr. campaign looks to continue raising campaign funds. The first-time presidential candidate is polling in the mid- to high single digits in key U.S. states, according to RealClearPolitics.

That’s enough to potentially pull votes away from U.S. president Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump, both of whom are currently expected to be the U.S. presidential candidates for the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively.

“If anyone is looking at polls, Trump is ahead without Bobby being involved. Bobby actually has a lot of Republican supporters. He has a lot of independent supporters and a lot of Democratic supporters. My opinion, just seeing what I see, is that Bobby is more likely to take votes from Trump than he is votes from Biden,” Hines told The Hollywood Reporter in a Jan. 2024 cover story profile.

The Curb Your Enthusiasm star has had some practice introducing her husband and third-party candidate after making a debut hosting appearance at an Oct. 9, 2023 campaign rally in Philadelphia.