Manchester, New Hampshire – No Labels founding co-chairman says centrist group wins bipartisan third-party presidential vote if President Biden and former President Donald Trump win major party nominations in 2024 election An agreement to do so is not yet finalized, he said.
Former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman said, “We didn’t decide to take the ticket, even if it ended up being Trump vs. Biden, as we now expect. It’s not clear,” he said. An interview with Fox News Digital ahead of Monday’s City Hall in Norrabels, New Hampshire, when the group formally unveils its policy statement.
But after No Labels announced last week that West Virginia Democratic Sen. Speculation about the ticket is growing. New Hampshire Political Institute, St. Anselm College, Manchester.
Manchin has frequently clashed with progressives in his party, Senate leadership and the White House, but has yet to announce whether he will seek another six-year term as a senator in 2024 in a state that has been reddened in recent years. . He also refused to silence his speculation about his possible presidential run.
Label says nothing about Joe Manchin’s chances of running on Centrist Group’s 2024 third-party ticket
Sen. Joe Manchin (D. Virginia) speaks at a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Mariam Zhaib)
The senator, along with former moderate Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, served as co-chair emeritus of the No Labels event, who later served as ambassador to China in the Obama administration, and the 2012 Republican He ran for president but was defeated.
“I think No Labels invited Joe Manchin and Jon Huntsman because they are the former presidents of our organization and they represent centrist Democrats and centrist Republicans. That’s what we’re going for,” Lieberman told Fox News. “I think it’s natural for people to speculate, especially in the case of Manchin, whether that means he could run in a no-label ticket year. It’s too early to say. As he puts it, I don’t think Joe has decided that at all,’ and No Labels hasn’t decided that. ”
For months, No Labels has debated the possibility of issuing a bipartisan, third-party “unified ticket” for next year’s presidential election if the country appears headed for a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024. rice field. Americans want to avoid.
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A native of Connecticut, Lieber was a longtime senator, ran for the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nomination in the 2000 election, and after losing the party’s presidential nomination in 2004, Lieber won the final Senate election as an independent in 2006. Mann reiterated what No Labels is aiming for. To stand for a potential third-party ticket next year, you’ll need to vote in all 50 states.
File photo of Sen at the time. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut, August 8, 2006 in New Haven, Connecticut. (Photo credit: Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)
“We call it the Insurance Policy Project. ,” Lieberman explained.
But he stressed, “I want to make sure I don’t spoil anything. I’m not picking any of the candidates. I want to run because I think I have a chance of winning. And,” he stressed. Even if we have no chance of winning, at least we will bring another voice to the national debate in next year’s election, one that is geared towards centrists, rather than putting party interests first. is to think of the country first. ”
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Lieberman praised Manchin, telling Fox Digital in May that Mr. Manchin had criticized two other moderates, Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine and former Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland. Mr.) and “very active members of No Labels” and “naturalists.” Potential third-party tickets should be “should be considered.”
But No Labels co-founder and CEO Nancy Jacobson told Fox News last month about the 2024 presidential election: “It’s too early. We’re not making any decisions. I haven’t,” he said.
And Lieberman reiterated ahead of Monday’s No Labels event that “we haven’t really started thinking about the candidates yet, but of course the media and others are starting to think about them.”
But he said, “By the fall, we’re going to start a process where we can talk to people who might be interested in bipartisan party tickets, get in touch with them openly, and get some people thinking. And I,” he added. “We want this survey to be as broad as possible, not only to current and former elected officials, but to many other areas of leadership in our country.”
No Labels has already raised more than $30 million as part of its efforts to vote in all 50 states. And if the White House makes progress toward a third-party candidacy, potential tickets are likely to be announced at the group’s national convention in Dallas, Texas, next April.
In recent months, Democrats have been sounding the alarm about third-party “spoiler” efforts that could upend the 2024 election and enable President Trump to take back the White House. And former Rep. Richard A. Geffert, a longtime House Democratic leader, is set to launch a new bipartisan group this week to oppose a potential No-Label Third Party presidential effort.
“I have the greatest respect and love for Dick Geffert and I am disappointed that he has taken on this leadership role,” said Liebermann.
And he said, “I think the Democrats are really, completely overreacting to what we’re doing. Look, they’re in trouble now. All the public opinion we’ve seen lately “Trump is closer to or better than Biden in the polls, I think.” I’ve said many times that focusing on no label and issuing a third ticket, even if you think Trump will be elected, is a waste of time, frankly. ”
“I don’t know what the Dick Geffert Group intends to do, but I’m trying to block access to state ballots despite submitting enough signatures and meeting the full legal requirements. There are people who are persuading state election officials,” Lieberman argued. “Frankly, this goes beyond freedom of expression. It violates the constitutional rights it upholds, and I certainly hope so.” ”
But Lieberman said Monday’s rally in New Hampshire, which will host the first presidential primary in the White House battle in 100 years and is a key battlefield in the general election, will focus on presidential politics. I emphasized that it is not.
The centrist group No Labels will hold a major conference on Monday, July 17, 2023, at the New Hampshire Political Institute at St. Anselm University in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
“We know that New Hampshire on Monday will work hard to bring this back to the common sense policy agenda. No labels, which is how we say it at the level.” “We want to bring American politics back from extremes to bipartisan centers where great things have always been accomplished in American history. We offer this program with a purpose, and we can do it again.”
Pointing to No Labels polls and conversations with the public, Lieberman said Americans “actually agree with far more than leading Republican and Democratic spokespeople would have you believe. Unfortunately, the Democrats do.” And I think the Republican Party is dividing America.” It’s a lot more than it really is, and I think most Americans want to get back to the center, back to unity, back to solving problems. That’s what No Labels is for. ”
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Lieberman then highlighted his group’s platform, arguing that “neither of the two major political parties would launch such a policy agenda.”
“There is a way to bounce back from both extremes. There is a bipartisan way to bounce back from just bickering and adopt something that will truly satisfy or make the majority of the American people happy.” What we recommend on the policy agenda actually follows the voice of the majority of the American public,” he stressed.
