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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Endorses Trump and Suspends His Independent Bid for President
(www.nytimes.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
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With Kennedy out of the race, that frees up more of the oligarch money to bolster the Jill Stein and Cornel West campaigns instead.
So can you straighten this up for me? Because it's not clear right now.
Is Cornel West actually running? As in, does he think he's running for office?
Yes, Cornel West is campaigning as an independent. Here's his website if you want to learn more about his platform.
Based on his stated policies, he'll attract more leftist voters away from the Harris campaign as a spoiler candidate, whereas Kennedy was the "centrist" option who ended up pulling away more non-MAGA Republicans than he did conservative Democrats.
West's calls to disband NATO and end US involvement in Ukraine also makes him a favorable option for Russia.
West is also not on the ballot in most states:
In point of fact, he's on the ballot in few enough states that he can't achieve more than be a spoiler in Georgia.
Yeah, but that alone is a big fucking problem (I say as a Georgian, and especially one who has been trying to raise the alarm about the MAGA sabotage being perpetrated in my state). Having a spoiler candidate on the ballot only makes it even more likely that the MAGAs find some excuse to refuse to certify.