RFK Jr on Cornel West

[Guest Tobia]

For those who consider RFK Jr as immature or Trump-like..

Read what he had to say about Cornel West, a socialist teacher and philosopher. This tells you a lot about the person he is.

"Dr West bring civility, decency and respect into politics"

[Leo Gura]

Nobody considers RFK immature or Trump-like. He just has some deep biases on health issues.

Edited August 16, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Hardkill]

I really don't like Cornel West wanting to run as a third party candidate for president. If he seriously goes through with his campaign, then he could very well cause Trump to be elected president again, by being a major left-wing spoiler in the 2024 presidential election, like how Jill Stein was when she spoiled the 2016 presidential election and caused Trump to become president back then. Same thing happened with Ralph Nader, when he spoiled the 2000 presidential election and caused Bush to be elected president back then.

I also, don't like at all what RFK is doing either. He's undermining Biden's re-election chances by causing more the Democratic party to be more divided. If the entire Democratic party throughout the US does not completely unify together under Biden in 2024, then that may cause a significant amount of Democratic voters who voted for him in 2020 to either decide not to vote at all or vote third party. Biden can't afford to have that happen either in order for him to win re-election. 

Edited August 16, 2023 by Hardkill

[Hatfort]

1 hour ago, Hardkill said:

I really don't like Cornel West wanting to run as a third party candidate for president. If he seriously goes through with his campaign, then he could very well cause Trump to be elected president again, by being a major left-wing spoiler in the 2024 presidential election, like how Jill Stein was when she spoiled the 2016 presidential election and caused Trump to become president back then. Same thing happened with Ralph Nader, when he spoiled the 2000 presidential election and caused Bush to be elected president back then.

I also, don't like at all what RFK is doing either. He's undermining Biden's re-election chances by causing more the Democratic party to be more divided. If the entire Democratic party throughout the US does not completely unify together under Biden in 2024, then that may cause a significant amount of Democratic voters who voted for him in 2020 to either decide not to vote at all or vote third party. Biden can't afford to have that happen either in order for him to win re-election. 

Running as a third party in the current US election system is a mistake, most people recognize that, so I don't think figures like Cornell or Andrew Yang end up causing that much harm. Don't some right-wing libertarians run as a third party as well? I think it happens on both sides. A healthier democratic system should allow multiple parties to get representation, I will say.

I think primaries are healthy. In the end, the candidate with the most support runs, ideas are debated, and positions change. At least in the Democratic party. The Republican primaries are a joke right now.