Posted on Dec 30, 2023
‘We’re not spoiling anything’: third-party group says it won’t boost Trump
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Centrist No Labels says 2024 ticket could hurt Trump as much as Biden and rejects comparisons with Jill Stein and Ralph Nader
Third parties could hurt Donald Trump as much as Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election, the group No Labels has claimed, insisting that its contentious effort to build a unity ticket cannot be compared to spoiler candidates of the past.
“We’re not spoiling anything,” No Labels’ Jay Nixon, a lifelong Democrat who spent 30 years serving Missouri as a governor, attorney general and state senator, told the Guardian.
The centrist group is preparing for the strongest third-party presidential bid since the Texas businessman Ross Perot earned nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992. It has gained ballot access in 12 states so far. But No Labels’ critics in the Democratic party have warned that it could siphon votes that would otherwise go to Biden.
Third parties could hurt Donald Trump as much as Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election, the group No Labels has claimed, insisting that its contentious effort to build a unity ticket cannot be compared to spoiler candidates of the past.
“We’re not spoiling anything,” No Labels’ Jay Nixon, a lifelong Democrat who spent 30 years serving Missouri as a governor, attorney general and state senator, told the Guardian.
The centrist group is preparing for the strongest third-party presidential bid since the Texas businessman Ross Perot earned nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992. It has gained ballot access in 12 states so far. But No Labels’ critics in the Democratic party have warned that it could siphon votes that would otherwise go to Biden.
‘We’re not spoiling anything’: third-party group says it won’t boost Trump
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."“There’s another line of argument which is: look, you want to help Trump, that’s the secret goal, which is so stupid, because for starters, I came up in Democratic politics – I used to work for Joe Biden – and I don’t ever want to see Donald Trump in the White House again.
“For me, there’s no equivalency between the two of them. Governor Nixon said the same thing. All our co-chairs have said that. Why would these people who have multi-decade careers in civil rights and public service put their whole reputation on the line so they can be part of a secret cabal to help Trump? It doesn’t pass the stupid test but that doesn’t stop our opponents from saying it.”
However, Third Way continues to provide vehement opposition to No Labels’ effort to run a unity ticket. Matt Bennett, its co-founder and executive vice-president for public affairs, argues that in key states there are people who would vote for Biden in a two-way race with Trump but who might not if presented with a third option.
“They do run the risk of imperiling American democracy in ways that we have not experienced since the American civil war,” Bennett said. “There has never been a threat like a second Trump term to the fundamental basics of the American republic.
“If this were like [Barack] Obama against [Mitt] Romney, we might not support a third party but we wouldn’t be freaking out about it. The reason we are so panicked is because this is basically the only way that Trump can return to the White House and if he does that it will be a world historic catastrophe. And they are threatening that.”...
..."“There’s another line of argument which is: look, you want to help Trump, that’s the secret goal, which is so stupid, because for starters, I came up in Democratic politics – I used to work for Joe Biden – and I don’t ever want to see Donald Trump in the White House again.
“For me, there’s no equivalency between the two of them. Governor Nixon said the same thing. All our co-chairs have said that. Why would these people who have multi-decade careers in civil rights and public service put their whole reputation on the line so they can be part of a secret cabal to help Trump? It doesn’t pass the stupid test but that doesn’t stop our opponents from saying it.”
However, Third Way continues to provide vehement opposition to No Labels’ effort to run a unity ticket. Matt Bennett, its co-founder and executive vice-president for public affairs, argues that in key states there are people who would vote for Biden in a two-way race with Trump but who might not if presented with a third option.
“They do run the risk of imperiling American democracy in ways that we have not experienced since the American civil war,” Bennett said. “There has never been a threat like a second Trump term to the fundamental basics of the American republic.
“If this were like [Barack] Obama against [Mitt] Romney, we might not support a third party but we wouldn’t be freaking out about it. The reason we are so panicked is because this is basically the only way that Trump can return to the White House and if he does that it will be a world historic catastrophe. And they are threatening that.”...
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