Cornel West and running mate Melina Abdullah refuse to condemn Hamas' actions in first joint TV interview

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Cornel West and running mate Melina Abdullah refuse to condemn Hamas’ actions in first joint TV interview


Independent presidential candidate Cornel West and his running mate, Melina Abdullah, defended their pro-Palestinian views Thursday night in their first joint television interview since Abdullah joined West’s campaign this week.

In an interview with CNN’s Abby Phillip, the pair declined to call on Hamas to release hostages taken from Israel in exchange for a ceasefire, repeatedly refused to criticize Hamas for its actions in the war and opted not to condemn the group for the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel.

Abdullah, a board member for Black Lives Matter Grassroots, said she “absolutely” stands behind a statement her group put out two days after October 7, which framed the terrorist attacks as “a desperate act of self-defense.”

“I think it’s really important to understand where uprisings come from, even when we may disagree with tactics that are used,” Abdullah said.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/politics/cornel-west-melina-abdullah-hamas/index.html

Of course he has zero percent chance of winning. However, he does offer an option for those who feel they can't support Biden because of Gaza and need to teach him a lesson. It would not take many percentage points in key areas to see state slip from blue to red with a plurality of votes.

[All Mixed Up]

1. West likely won't even make it on the ballot in most swing states.

[JohnSJ]

2. Cornell West is a jackass. He was one in 2016 and he continues with his rambling James Joyce stream of the

consciousness verbosity, that he believes makes him look like an intellectual, when in reality it makes him look like a bumbling idiot on drugs.

[The Wizard]

3. West is a has been

who never was. Maybe Fokkks News will give him a job.

[Mountainguy]

4. He just won a few votes here

And Berkeley