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Democratic presidential primary. you are essentially a spoiler candidate. and so by primary and biden all you were doing is weakening him in the general and making it easier for republicans to beat him in 2024, and will be a very tight election. >> well the two things about what you said. first of all, he said i'm a spoiler candidate. i am not a spoiler candidate, i am running in a primary, so you can be a spoiler if you're running in a primary. the second thing you said was this narrative you can't win. isn't that what people said about donald trump? i will win, if people vote for me. i belie...

She will do, quote, whatever it takes to make sure he does not become the party's nominee. including potentially running for president herself. one option for hers to run against trump in the primaries. that will be a fools errand considering the hold he had on the party. she could also mount a bit as a third party candidate, what is sometimes known as a spoiler candidate. they tend to siphon votes from one of the major party candidates. historically, third party candidates have had little to no success in general elections. as you might recall, this guy did make some noise in the presidential...

Discourse. according to the new york times. mentions of civil war spiked on various social media platforms in early august. shortly after the news broke that the fbi executed a court authorized search of mar-a-lago, trump's palm beach residents. the -- has to change. a civil war is not a response to any story. but this kind of summarizes the current moment in the. nutshell the republican party has transformed itself into a power hungry cult of personality. with an incoherent set of values. and it did not have to be this way. since trump emerged as a political force in 2016 and number of republ...

Transformed the republican party. it didn't have to be this way. this is a path of the republican party chose since trump emerged as a political force in 2016. and number of republicans have tried to counter his rise. the congresswoman, liz cheney, of wyoming, she's practically made her mission to give people an alternative to donald trump. in recent weeks, shortly after losing in her primary, she's even floated the idea of running for president in 2024 as a spoiler candidate. if she runs, she's going to take votes away from donald trump and the democrat will win. she's doing it in hopes of co...

Democracy, and a party that's implode on itself? >> look, we call it the spoiler question, right? if an independent is in a race, does that spoil the election for the better candidate? what i would suggest that i personally am involved in is nothing related to launching a presidential candidate. i think people deserve more than just two political parties, so could there be an effort to build a durable, viable, sustainable minor party in the united states? and that means running candidates for mayorships and town supervisors and state legislative offices. i don't think more choice in those elec...