{"id":1967003,"date":"2023-07-07T17:16:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T21:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornel-west-defends-decision-to-run-as-third-party-candidate-says-democratic-president-would-only-be-postponement-of-fascism\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T17:17:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T21:17:00","slug":"cornel-west-defends-decision-to-run-as-third-party-candidate-says-democratic-president-would-only-be-postponement-of-fascism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornel-west-defends-decision-to-run-as-third-party-candidate-says-democratic-president-would-only-be-postponement-of-fascism\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornel West justifies third party candidacy, claims Democratic president would only delay fascism."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcornel-west-defends-decision-to-run-as-third-party-candidate-says-democratic-president-would-only-be-postponement-of-fascism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967003&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Green Party candidate Cornel West defends decision to run on third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/software-legend-murder-suspect-john-mcafees-corpse-still-in-morgue-year-after-alleged-suicide\/\" title=\"Software Legend, Murder Suspect John McAfee\u2019s Corpse Still In Morgue Year After Alleged Suicide\">-party ticket<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>In a recent interview with Politico, Cornel West, the Green Party candidate, passionately defended his choice to run on a third-party ticket. He boldly stated that a Democratic administration would only serve as a &#8220;postponement of fascism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Progressives have nothing to lose<\/h3>\n<p>West addressed accusations from the Left that his candidacy may act as a spoiler. He argued that another term with a Democrat in office would simply delay the inevitable rise of fascism. To support his point, he highlighted the mistreatment of his ally, Senator Bernie Sanders, within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I have a deep love for Brother Bernie. He really is a brother, and brothers agree and disagree,&#8221; West said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he was treated so unjustly and so unfairly by the Democratic Party. The lesson that I learned was that the Democratic Party, for the most part, is a corporate-dominated party that uses its progressives often as window dressing. Bernie was not given the kind of chance that he deserved, which is to say our efforts were not given the kind of fair chance that they deserved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By refusing to speak to the needs of the poor and working people, the Democratic Party helps to facilitate and enable the Trumps and the DeSantises and others,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So, you end up with neo-fascism being in some ways dependent on neoliberalism and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That cycle, going around and around, means that we\u2019re going to end up with fascism sooner or later,&#8221; West declared. &#8220;Every Democratic administration will just be a caretaker and a postponement for fascism to come. I am <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornel-west-defends-decision-to-run-as-third-party-candidate-says-democratic-president-would-only-be-postponement-of-fascism\/\" title=\"Cornel West justifies third party candidacy, claims Democratic president would only delay fascism.\">profoundly anti-fascist<\/a>, and therefore I am trying to get at the roots of fascism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>West also expressed his belief that he felt compelled to run because he found the choice between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden intolerable.<\/p>\n<p>Despite polling low, West has garnered enough progressive support to potentially sway a significant number of progressive voters away from Biden, potentially impacting the outcome of the general election.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">recent poll conducted<\/a> by Echelon Insights revealed that if the 2024 election were between Trump and Biden, West could become the deciding factor. The poll showed Biden with 43% of the vote and Trump with 42%. However, when West is taken into consideration, Biden&#8217;s share drops to 42%, with West receiving 4% of the vote, ultimately leading to Trump&#8217;s victory with 43% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, when swing states are taken into account, Trump&#8217;s lead solidifies. In a head-to-head matchup, Trump receives 48% of the vote, while Biden&#8217;s share drops to 40%.<\/p>\n<p>Political science professor David B. Cohen from the University of Akron in Ohio warned, &#8220;There is always a danger a third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-congressional-election-poses-early-test-for-democrats\/\" title=\"New Mexico Congressional Election Poses Early Test for Democrats\">-party candidate<\/a> can impact the Electoral College results, particularly if they receive enough votes in a battleground state or states to change the outcome.&#8221; He added, &#8220;In a close election, Cornel West could well be a spoiler.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">click here<\/a> to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>office would not bring about the necessary systemic change and that his candidacy was a necessary alternative to challenge the status quo. He emphasized the urgency of addressing issues such as income inequality, racial injustice, and corporate influence in politics, stating that a third-party option was crucial for true progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1967004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}