Cornel West’s third-party presidential campaign is stirring up unpleasant flashbacks to 2016 for members of the Democratic Party, some of whom are starting to grow anxious about the effect it could…

Cornel West recently announced he is running for president as a Green Party candidate, challenging President Biden in 2024. Some Democrats worry that West’s candidacy could split the progressive vote and help reelect Donald Trump if he is the Republican nominee again, as Jill Stein’s campaign did in 2016. However, West has supporters who see his run as a way to push Biden further left on issues. Still, even some progressives acknowledge West could hurt Biden’s chances of reelection. Democrats argue that beating Trump and enacting progressive policies requires electing Democrats first.

  • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Just look to where Jill Stein contested 2016 results and Gemany’s green party actions in trying to stamp out support for Ukraine.

    i’m not sure what these two things have to do with each other, or why either is indicative of being a “Kremlin asset” when the more logical explanation for both is just that Green parties are and have historically been full of people with idealistic political analysis. sure, Stein could be bought off by Russia or something―but i feel like it’s a lot more likely she’s just a weird person with ill-informed takes (she’s basically a soft-antivaxxer and think Wi-Fi has health effects on children’s brains) and that’s why she does weird political things.

    • keeb420@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      jill stein was at a dinner seated with vlad putin and mike flynn. she compromised. i wouldnt trust the american green party as far as i could throw cornell west.

      • skepticalifornia@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        My feelings exactly. Just being at that dinner with Putin and Flynn is all I needed to see to understand where her allegiances lie.

    • SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Over on the other site somebody put up a screenshot of a Tweet from Cornell West espousing the position of the US shouldn’t be in NATO and we’re paying to defend Europe. Therefore we should just drop it and leave Ukraine to fend for themselves.

      If Sergei Lavrov has West’s Twitter password he would have posted something pretty similar, aka the full-on Tankie talking points.