Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that Donald Trump's “emissaries” asked him to be Trump's running mate.

“President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer. I am against President Trump, and President Biden can’t win,” RFK Jr. said.

“Judging by his new website, it looks like President Trump knows who actually can beat him,” he added.

President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer.

I am against President Trump, and President Biden can’t win.

Judging by his new website, it looks like President Trump knows who…

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

Monday wasn't the first time RFK Jr. claimed someone from Trump's team inquired about being his vice president.

POLITICO reports:

Kennedy first said that Trump’s team had approached him about joining his ticket as vice president in January. “People from the team have reached out to me,” Kennedy said in an interview with News Nation.

Trump has privately floated the idea of picking Kennedy as vice president in recent months, though advisers dismiss the idea he would ever be picked. Trump is known to workshop ideas to a variety of aides and allies, even if they never come to fruition.

Chris LaCivita, Trump’s co-campaign manager, pushed back on Kennedy’s claim, calling him a “leftie loonie that would never be approached to be on the ticket..sorry!”

Re-upping this from January …was true then and it’s true now @RobertfKennedJr ….your a leftie loonie that would never be approached to be on the ticket..sorry! https://t.co/Kkti2GOIOS

— Chris LaCivita (@LaCivitaC) April 15, 2024

Other X users reacted to RFK Jr.'s claim:

You are so full of sh*t. You were never asked to be @realDonaldTrump’s VP.

You are a far left lunatic who wants to ban fossil fuels, take everyone’s guns, and allow illegal aliens to vote.

Your “I’m a moderate” schtick isn’t fooling anyone. https://t.co/WoFoSkLyEE

— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) April 15, 2024

lol no one believes Trump ever considered you for VP. https://t.co/6sjVS3MU1q

— Chris Barron 🇺🇸 (@ChrisRBarron) April 15, 2024

You are an ultra-left radical. Here you are on Rachel Maddow's show calling Voter ID laws racist. https://t.co/c5LQMGPOCj pic.twitter.com/zsQY2oUfKq

— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) April 15, 2024

From The Hill:

Make America Great Again Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, launched a website on Monday labeling Kennedy Jr. a “radical liberal” that highlights his views on tax policy, gun laws and the climate.

Make America Great Again Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, launched a website Monday dubbing the scion of America’s most famous political family “Radical F—ing Kennedy,” The Post has learned.

The New York Post reported in January that the former president’s team made attempts at recruiting Kennedy as a running mate. The New York Times reported last week that Trump himself had floated the idea of Kennedy joining the ticket, though it was not believed to be a serious suggestion.

Trump has in recent weeks blasted Kennedy on social media as a liberal candidate and has suggested the lawyer and environmentalist could be politically useful to his campaign against Biden.

“RFK Jr. is the most Radical Left Candidate in the race, by far. He’s a big fan of the Green New Scam, and other economy killing disasters,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in late March. “I guess this would mean he is going to be taking votes from Crooked Joe Biden, which would be a great service to America.”