{"id":2027213,"date":"2023-09-10T12:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T16:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-says-hes-open-to-considering-third-party-no-labels-ticket\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T16:25:24","slug":"gop-senator-says-hes-open-to-considering-third-party-no-labels-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-says-hes-open-to-considering-third-party-no-labels-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Open to Considering &#8216;No Labels&#8217; Third Party Ticket"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fgop-senator-says-hes-open-to-considering-third-party-no-labels-ticket%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=2027213&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>Senator Bill Cassidy\u200d Open\u200d to Joining No Labels Presidential Ticket<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) expressed his openness to considering \u2063being on or supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-reveals-his-thoughts-on-2024-presidential-bid-at-no-labels-new-hampshire-town-hall\/\" title=\"Manchin shares 2024 presidential bid views at No Labels' NH event.\">presidential\u2064 ticket<\/a> for the No Labels political organization. In an appearance on NBC News\u2019s \u200b\u201cMeet the Press\u201d with host Chuck Todd,\u200d Cassidy stated that his decision \u2063would\u2063 depend on\u200d the Republican and Democrat nominees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When asked about \u2064a \u200bhypothetical rematch between \u200cPresident Joe\u200c Biden and former President Donald Trump, Cassidy replied,\u200d \u201cIf they came and \u2062spoke to\u2064 me, \u2062I would certainly speak to them back.\u201d\u2063 Although he has not spoken with \u2063No Labels about\u2064 a potential run,\u200c Cassidy stated that he would be \u201copen\u201d to the idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Concerns have been raised by some Democrats\u200b that a third-party bid \u200bby No Labels\u200b could unintentionally\u200b lead\u200d to a Trump victory. However, the organization\u2062 presents \u2063itself as an anti-Trump alternative to GOP donors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cassidy highlighted the desire \u2062for\u200c something different among \u2063the\u2062 American people, stating, \u201cSeventy percent of the American\u2062 people want something \u200ddifferent. Plausibly, we could have a \u2063setting in which someone has been convicted and someone\u2064 else shows signs of mental \u200cdecline so significant\u2064 70% of the American people are already\u200d thinking he\u2019s too old.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Would <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBillCassidy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenBillCassidy<\/a> (R-La.) consider joining or supporting\u200b a \u200bNo Labels 2024\u200b presidential ticket?<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy: \u201cDepending on who the candidates were.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chucktodd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chucktodd<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019re looking at Biden and Trump.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Cassidy: \u201cIf\u200d they came and\u200d spoke to \u200cme, I would speak\u200d to them back.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PgddN7NQ8A\">pic.twitter.com\/PgddN7NQ8A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1700863486430003332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Concerns About\u200b Biden&#8217;s Health and Mental State<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cassidy criticized \u200bPresident Biden for not being \u2062\u201ctransparent\u201d with the American people regarding\u2064 his \u2064health\u2062 and\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-british-judge-rules-julian-assange-cannot-be-extradited-to-the-us-to-face-18-counts-of-espionage\/\" title=\"Breaking: British Judge Rules Julian Assange Cannot Be Extradited to the US to Face 18 Counts of Espionage\">mental state<\/a>. \u2064He emphasized\u2063 the need for the electorate to be informed about Biden\u2019s \u2064health, \u2062stating, \u201cWith this, should \u200bthere be another option for the American people? \u2063And, I think plausibly \u2063there \u200cshould be.\u201d A recent \u200bWall Street Journal poll revealed that 73% of\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-says-hes-open-to-considering-third-party-no-labels-ticket\/\" title=\"GOP Senator Open to Considering 'No Labels' Third Party Ticket\">registered voters\u2063 believed<\/a> the president\u2064 was \u200b\u201ctoo old to run\u200c for president.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cassidy, a former Democrat, \u200chas been \u2064serving as a Republican Senator since 2014. He was one of the \u200cseven Republican Senators\u2062 who voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment. While he stated that he \u2062would vote for \u201ca Republican\u201d if Trump were the nominee, he also\u200d expressed his belief that the former president should drop out \u2063of the race. Cassidy mentioned the possibility of writing in\u200c a Republican candidate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Labels aims to create\u200d a \u201cUnity ticket\u201d as an \u201cinsurance\u200b plan\u201d if the Democrat and Republican parties nominate candidates who are not favored by the majority of Americans.\u200b The organization seeks to appeal to the politically \u200chomeless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The group\u2019s founding chairman, Joe Lieberman, \u2064announced plans for\u200b a\u2062 party convention in Dallas, Texas, in April 2024, but only if\u200c they believe they have a \u201crealistic chance to win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) expressed his willingness to join or endorse the No Labels political organization&#8217;s presidential ticket, provided the circumstances align. Speaking on NBC News&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; with Chuck Todd, Cassidy emphasized his openness to the idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":2027214,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2027213","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\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}