Cornel West announces fellow academic and Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah as running mate

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Cornel West announces fellow academic Melina Abdullah as running mate | CNN Politics
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Hope he drops out early after making some deals with the Biden team to benefit disadvantaged Americans.

If he siphons anywhere near enough to tilt the election to Trump people will hate him until he dies, deservedly.

I still hate Ralph Nader because of the 2000 election. Even though I agree with his push for automobile and consumer product safety.

I’d still tell him he’s a not insignificant part of the reason we’ve got a more fucked up world now.

Yup. People like Nader should put all their energies into RCV and maybe then, and only then, run as third party. Until that happens, just get the hell out of the race. They aren't helping anything.

Abdullah downplayed concerns that her affiliation with Black Lives Matter would potentially hurt West’s campaign, saying that her experience organizing local chapters around the country may be an asset.

Who has these voiceless concerns CNN? I can't imagine anyone who would be considering voting for Cornell West who would be dissuaded due to his VP having a BLM connection. MSM really trying to pretend this is a real campaign trying to win a majority of votes and injecting center-right "concerns" about appealing to moderate Republicans, because for some reason that's how they define political viability.

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I would love to talk to some of the brainiacs that plan on voting for West or for RFK Jr. At least if they live in a contested area. Just what in the hell do they think they'll accomplish by casting their vote into the trashcan?