The laziest ratfucker
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The eve of the DNC reminded Cornel West that he’s ostensibly running for president, so he showed up for an “Abandon Harris” rally in Chicago:
Cornel West at the March on DNC rally pic.twitter.com/bikpdKNJTn— David Weigel (@daveweigel) August 19, 2024
This is somewhat atypical, because for the most part he’s just allowed Republican ratfuckers to openly run his campaign:
When Denisha Mitchell was asked why she filled out paperwork to serve as an Arizona elector for the independent presidential candidate Cornel West, her first response was “What?!” Her second: What’s an elector?
“I was shocked and surprised by it all. I didn’t even know what an elector was,” Mitchell told The Associated Press on Friday. “The crazy thing is it was all forged. None of it was my handwriting. It was definitely not my signature. My email was wrong, my address was wrong.”
Mitchell’s case is the latest example of dubious tactics used in an effort to qualify West, a left-wing [sic] academic, for the ballot in states across the U.S. It’s also among the more egregious. It’s an effort that West himself apparently knows nothing about. His campaign did not immediately respond for comment Friday evening.
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Their hope is West will serve as a spoiler candidate, boosting former President Donald Trump’s chance of winning in November by siphoning liberal support away from the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, in battleground states that could be decided by just a few thousand votes.
While it is not clear who is behind the effort — and there is no indication that Trump’s campaign is directly involved — one thing is certain: It’s not West, who has not been actively campaigning and whose presidential committee, records show, was almost $17,000 in debt at the end of June.
More here.
I wouldn’t say this is rock bottom — endorsing Ron DeSantis’s commitment to higher education is a floor you can’t really get below — but West isn’t even pretending that this is anything but a pro-Trump ratfucking campaign anymore. As with Jill Stein, the best thing you can say about him at this point is that he’s too much of a dilettante to materially advance his goals.