Cornel West to announce VP pick on Tavis Smiley show Wednesday
Source: CNN Politics
Published 1:30 PM EDT, Tue April 9, 2024
CNN Independent presidential candidate Cornel West will announce his vice presidential running mate on Tavis Smileys radio program Wednesday, according to his campaign.
On the show, slated to air at noon ET, West will discuss why his West Coast-based vice presidential pick who, like him, has never held elected office best aligns with his values, according to a campaign official. He will be joined on the show with his running mate. They will also appear jointly at a rally in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York later this month.
On Wednesday, we will joyfully open a new chapter in this moment in a movement, by announcing a committed candidate for Vice President who stands in solidarity with poor, oppressed and forgotten people everywhere, West said in a statement.
Like fellow independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., West needs to announce a running mate so that he can compete to get on ballots across the country in earnest. The campaign said it is currently on the ballot in Alaska, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah. In Utah, he will run as an independent. In the other three states, West will be connected to minor parties.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/politics/cornel-west-vp-announcement/index.html
RandySF
(59,167 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,586 posts)calguy
(5,325 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,054 posts)I noticed from Wikipedia that he has been married five times and divorced four times.
He endorsed Jill Stein in 2016.
FalloutShelter
(11,877 posts)Self aggrandizing dirt bag.
Adding link: https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/green-party-candidate-cornel-west-owes-half-million/story?id=102293692
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,846 posts)rsdsharp
(9,196 posts)Its big enough for two.
Either that, or that stupid fucking scarf he always wears.
PatSeg
(47,573 posts)And I've forgotten it already. Geez.
dembotoz
(16,826 posts)angrychair
(8,733 posts)His candidacy is irrelevant. West isn't even on the ballot in states that even matter to Biden.
He is already forgotten.
womanofthehills
(8,759 posts)Jill Stein & West are each polling 1 to 2 % in many states - West is polling 2% in Arizona & NC.
Though Kennedy is 2024s most popular alternative, hes not the only third-party candidate who could scramble things. He will be joined to Bidens left by both Cornel West, a professor and activist running under the banner of his newly launched Justice for All Party (and a few other minor-party lines in different states), and whoever claims the Green Partys nomination, which looks as if it will once again be 2016 villain Jill Stein. As of this writing, the Green Party had gained ballot access in 21 states, including swing states Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. The West campaign has already gotten itself on the November ballot in South Carolina, Utah, Oregon, and Alaska, with a number of critical swing states including Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire listed as in progress.. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/rfk-jr-third-party-cornel-west-jill-stein.html
LudwigPastorius
(9,167 posts)the 'Rent Is Too Damn High' guy?
West needs a ticket mate who is partially grounded in reality.
Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)* he cannot be taken seriously, but as a spoiler, he can do some serious damage and really harm the Democrats.
I absolutely hate the son of a bitch! He's no friend of Democrats! Everything he says and does only creates division. And, obviously that only benefits Trump and the GOP.
Fuck him!