RFK Jr. can't win. But he and Cornel West could put Trump back in the White House.
RFK Jr. can't win. But he and Cornel West could put Trump back in the White House.
In a race certain to be close, third-party candidates are not only a problem for President Joe Biden, they may pose his biggest hurdle to reelection.
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No they can't
Nader 2000, anyone?
RFK is way more appealing to the maga crowd than mainstream or progressive Dems.
How about Cornell West?
Who? I've literally never heard of this person prior to now. And I'd like to think I stay fairly up-to-date on US politics.
So yeah, I'm going to go with probably not.
He’s pretty well known among the folks that are big on social justice and environmental issues. I would argue that he’s the biggest name to be on the Green ticket since Nader.
And he doesn’t have to be know by everyone to fuck over Biden. This is going to be a close race. Spoiling a race means that it could come down to a few more votes than normal for the Greens.
Edit: he’s running as an independent now.
The best way to discredit him is with his stance on Ukraine.
https://www.newsweek.com/cornel-west-blames-nato-russias-war-ukraine-1812320
He's going the with "NATO forced them to" talking point, and he's against additional funding for Ukraine. I don't think many people truly on the left will pick him over Biden. Let's hope not, at least.
he never said NATO forced them he said it's illegal.
"NATO is an expanding instrument of U.S. global power that provoked Russia into a criminal invasion and occupation of Ukraine,"
He said NATO provoked Russia into it, in effect blaming NATO for Russia's actions and saying "look what NATO made Russia do".
he called it criminal
It's criminal and imperialist. Russia was mad that their former colony wanted to have closer relations to the West and join NATO. So, they invaded and seized Crimea.
When that wasn't enough, and shockingly didn't make Ukraine want to get closer to Russia, Russia invaded the rest of Ukraine.
West does not seem to understand that NATO is a voluntary organization that requires applications to get in, nor that the core of this war is Russia trying to exercise imperialism.
So, it begs the question, why doesn't West want the US to aid a country in protecting its sovereignty against an imperialist power? If he's ideologically consistent, that means he wouldn't want to help Palestinians obtain freedom from Israel either.
To be fair, he's against the US providing international military aid and funding across the board, not just Ukraine.
West isn't green
TIL he left the Green Party a few months ago. He was green until last fall.
Appeals to no one anymore
nader didn't put bush in the whitehouse
Definitely debatable. Nader had 97k votes in Florida, and Gore needed about 500.
There are a number of variables that arguably screwed Gore. The ballot format, the chads, the court, the completion from the left, etc. Many argue that removing any one of those variables could’ve likely tipped things for Gore.
Gore won florida
The point is that you’re more vulnerable to shenanigans with a tight margin.
let's put blame for Bush's presidency on bush
Going to back to the point of this thread. Someone like West is not going to win. Vote for him if you want, but if you’re in a state that is going to be tight, voting for him will make it easier for the far right candidate to get certified.
the Democrats and Republicans are both running far right candidates.
One of those candidates is literally running on overturning democratic elections, giving even more money and free rein to private industry, and having his family in appointmented positions.
The false equivalency stuff needs to end.
And SCOTUS handing it to him, of course.
Also Roger Stone and the rest of the Brooks Brothers Riot ratfuckers for delaying and disrupting the recount enough to give SCOTUS cover for their ridiculous decision to weigh in at all.
Spoiler Effect