Barack Obama campaigns for Harris, Walz in Pennsylvania
Barack Obama headlined a Harris marketing campaign rally in Pennsylvania, sharing how the competition is about character and values as a lot as coverage variations.
With simply over three weeks till the Nov. 5 election, opinion polls present a good race, particularly in the seven battleground states that may decide the result. As a consequence, the Democratic National Committee launched its first-ever television ad concentrating on third-party candidate Jill Stein as a spoiler who solely advantages former President Donald Trump's reelection.
The advert opens with a photograph of Stein slowly reworking into the Republican presidential nominee. “Why are Trump's close allies helping her? Stein was key to Trump's 2016 wins in battleground states,” says the narrator. “She's not sorry she helped Trump win. That's why a vote for Stein is really a vote for Trump.”
The advert follows Stein's rising assist amongst Arab Americans and Muslims in battleground states like Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin the place they've giant populations that helped propel President Joe Biden to slim victories in the 2020 election.
“The Democrats have lost the Muslim American and the Arab American vote,” Stein informed Reuters after a rally attended by about 100 individuals in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn on Sunday. “They're going to be losing enough swing states that they will not win and they cannot win.”
Asked about her doubtlessly taking votes from Harris and serving to Trump in these states, Stein mentioned after a rally in Michigan on Sunday, “This is a very dire situation that will be continued under both Democrats and Republicans. So we say there is no lesser evil in this race.”
The Democratic social gathering referred to as Stein “a spoiler candidate” with no path to victory.
“She put Donald Trump in the White House in 2016 and she's ready to do it again. A vote for Stein is a vote for Trump,” mentioned Adrienne Watson, senior adviser to the Democratic National Committee.
Who are the third-party candidates nonetheless operating for president in 2024?
Jill Stein
Jill Stein, 73, is a doctor and environmental activist who has run for president as a member of the Green Party in each 2012 and 2016. She introduced her 2024 run in November of 2023.
Democrats have argued that she contributed to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 election after Stein garnered extra votes than the margin of Trump’s victory in three swing states, one thing the brand new DNC advert doubles down on.
Stein has referred to as for abolishing scholar and medical debt. On her website, she features a “pledge to stop genocide,” referring to Israel-Hamas warfare. A September report confirmed that Stein was main each Harris and Trump amongst Muslim voters in the swing states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Chase Oliver
Chase Oliver, a former Democrat, received the Libertarian Party nomination over RFK Jr. and Trump in May. He is a 38-year-old brazenly homosexual anti-war activist who has referred to as for abolishing the Federal Reserve and opposes Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Oliver has run for workplace unsuccessfully earlier than in a particular election for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District in 2020 and for U.S. Senate in 2022. In the latter, he acquired sufficient of the vote (2%) to power a runoff between Senator Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker.
Cornel West
Cornel West, 71, initially launched his presidential marketing campaign in June 2023 underneath the People’s Party, a 3rd social gathering led by a former Sen. Bernie Sanders marketing campaign staffer. However, he has since introduced that he's operating as an unbiased.
West is a thinker, activist, and creator who has taught at Harvard and Yale Universities, together with different establishments. He is at the moment a professor of philosophy at Union Theological Seminary. A progressive activist who has criticized former President Barack Obama, he has promised to finish poverty and assure housing. He has additionally been a vocal critic of Israel for its half in the battle in the Middle East.
Reuters contributed to the reporting of this story.
