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LetMyPeopleVote

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17. Seeing the Backside of the Forward Party
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 09:53 PM
Aug 2022

I have never been impressed with Andrew Yang nor have I have never understood his appeal. He has no real platform or political accomplishments, The Forward Party appears to be a scam that really is only designed to help TFG



https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/forward-party-andrew-yang-trump/

haven’t written about the Forward Party, founded by the adrift Yang, who ran for president as a Democrat, ran for New York mayor as a Democrat, failed spectacularly at both, and then decided the problem wasn’t him or his politics or his communication skills—it was the Democratic Party.

He found two older, retired Republicans, former Florida representative David Jolly and former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman, to give him bipartisan cover for what is essentially an attack on Democrats. Because the law of third-party dynamics is: The party the new group is closest to is the party that will suffer if the new group gathers mass. Obviously, that party is the Democrats.

Yang’s sympathetic Trump tweet reminds us that third-party dreams are usually the essence of bothsidesism. Both sides are too extreme; we alone can fix it. Yang’s attempt to vocalize what “millions of Americans” will see as “unjust persecution” is typical for a third-party leader.

Worse, though, is the fact that everyone who covers the far right is seeing growing threats of violence in response to the Mar-a-Lago raid. In his efforts to stay in power, the former president has obviously broken the law. But he and his minions clearly believe that he is above the law and that there is no legitimacy to whatever case the Justice Department might be assembling. There is informed speculation that the raid was to retrieve serious national security documents.

For Yang to even glancingly endorse the notion that the FBI might have unfairly targeted Trump is just one more log on the fire of violent white nationalist extremism. I’m sure he didn’t mean it that way. I’m pretty sure he didn’t know what he meant. The Forward Party is already in my rearview mirror.

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One day we will have up to six different parties, jimfields33 Oct 2021 #1
No we won't because at that point, we will be under a dictatorship. The GOP would Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #5
It is basically impossible, as the American Constitution mandates a first past the post, plurality- Celerity Oct 2021 #10
Beware of Trojan Horses Fiendish Thingy Oct 2021 #2
That's true mvd Oct 2021 #16
I don't even understand why this is posted here...he barely won any vote...and now he Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #3
It's posted here to keep us informed of what's going on around us. groundloop Oct 2021 #9
It has been my experience that third party voters hate Democrats and generally vote GOP if Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #11
We don't need a third party viva la Oct 2021 #4
Just speculating but: what are the odds that the Yang Party nominee for President in 24 is Yang? brooklynite Oct 2021 #6
Lol Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #13
I am sure Mr Yang will receive much financial support ...from Republicans. Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #7
Sorry, Yang. I was once a fan but now you're venturing into Jill Stein territory... brush Oct 2021 #8
Ladies and gentlemen, your next Jill Stein! Where can Russia FSogol Oct 2021 #12
Shouldn't you get the reforms to make your 3rd party viable Johonny Oct 2021 #14
I like to see Yang and Caitlyn Jenner together on a Dustbin ticket. nt oasis Oct 2021 #15
Seeing the Backside of the Forward Party LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #17
I'm sure he didn't mean it that way. I'm pretty sure he didn't know what he meant. The Forward Party Demovictory9 Aug 2022 #18
I never took Andrew Yang to be a serious candidate LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #19
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