Mr. Kennedy said he will remove his name from the ballot in battleground states, so as not to be a spoiler.

In his speech on Friday, Mr. Kennedy implied that Mr. Trump had offered him a role in his second administration, dealing with health care and food and drug policy. “We’re going to reform the entire food system,” he said.

It’s worth noting that Kennedy’s health care policy is to bring back measles, that he eats roadkill, and had part of his brain eaten by a worm as a result.

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  • mkwt@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    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?

    • Stovetop@lemmy.world
      12·
      2 months ago

      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.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14·
          2 months ago

          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.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      He was running with People’s Party, then tried to run with Green Party, and is now running as an independent.