Jill Stein announced Thursday that she is running for president in 2024 as a Green Party candidate.
Why it matters: Her candidacy is likely to add to mounting concerns that outside candidates may siphon votes in 2024 from President Biden or former President Trump if they meet in a rematch.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West have both launched independent presidential bids, and the centrist No Labels organization may be inching closer to putting forward a third-party candidate.
Between the lines: Democrats have accused Stein, who also launched a presidential bid in 2016, of costing the party key battleground states and contributing to Hillary Clinton’s loss against former President Trump.
- She has rejected the “spoiler” label.
- Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson faced similar criticism…..
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Biden and other Democrats are NOT happy with the mounting number people coming out the wood work to run that could peel off support he needs from the Democratic President next year…..
image…Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein at a news conference on Fifth Avenue across the street from Trump Tower December 5, 2016 in New York City. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty