Interview with Third Party Candidate Dr. Cornel West | The Stephen A. Smith Show 

@son Khalifa. Democrats are not having any Presidential debates.

That’s why they won’t let him in

@@truthbearer7891 That's right. The Democratic and Republican parties control the debate process and they will not allow any 3rd party candidate to be debated because they fear him and what he would represent - independence from corporate control, a message that working class people of all kinds are hungry to hear.

loool this nut job??

Amen!!

I have a funny feeling so many people will vote for him even if they don’t verbally say it. Dr West 2024!

Yeah we definitely should support a dude who owe 500,000 in back taxes .. Yall just support anybody

@@dawnp.6839why you worried about the government taking his money. Lots of Americans owe taxes. Trump and Biden have done far far worse.

More racism?😂😂

@@user-bg7km4ij7f what an ignorant comment

Me too! I wish more celebrity figure would platform him. I wish some NBA players would endorse him and give him more attention

@@user-bg7km4ij7fyou must have never listened to Dr. west. He is for all working people.

​@@user-bg7km4ij7fno for the people you blind you the one racist don't put the blame on him but for all we went through we deserve to be racist y'all started it

Exactly, we have a year to let everyone know.

Same thing that got Fred Hampton killed at 21 years old. Fred was apart of the Black Panthers but what schools failed to mention is the black panther party slogan was literally "POWER TO THE PEOPLE". They used to say black power to black people, white power to white people, etc...... Fred united gang members, white nationalist, Latino groups. They all realized we are all fighting against the same oppressive government. That is their biggest fear. That we all unite.

Nope he doesn’t 😂😂 He’s a broken record of white supremacy… All of which is completely delusional!

Does that mean you support reparations and demand that white people return everything they have stolen from Black people?👊🏿

Yes he doesn’t forget what Fred Hampton and Jesse Jackson we’re trying to do .

What an amazing interview with Dr. Cornell West led by Stephen A. Smith. Our country is blessed to witness this kind of quality being exemplified in these two Black leaders. Dr. West has my vote.

U won’t vote for him

Steven asked him why he wanted to be President. He said, "It has to do with a calling brotha, and digging a quest for truth and the seeking of justice. The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak. You and I come from a tradition of a Black people whose ancestors whose anthem is to life every voice, not echo. We can't be just echoes of what's happened in the Silo. We have to think critically for ourselves and my calling has always been to try to find my voice just like a jazz man and a blues woman. To find your voice and try to speak your truth. All of us are cracked vessels. None of us have a monopoly on truth. But we all have our own truth to try to approximate the larger truth capital and then to link it to justice and justice is what love looks like in public so it's very much a love train that I'm talking about. And when you look at American politics though brotha, whoo, (Stephen A chimes in, "It's bad.) You're right it's mediocracy, milk toast, mendacity, levels of corruption.... and he goes on and on. Like I said, NEGATIVE. DOOM. EVERYTHING IS BAD. I don't want to hear that negative talk all day long. Sounds like a cult. If you can't see the positive in any situation, you are not leadership material! Period.

Support and protect.

He’s a racist

When you see someone talking about a National treasure then you shudder because racist keep saying that.

Really. We supported o bama and you saw what happened

Amen

Facts. To all people.

That's where I'm at with it sick of talking about shit that has nothing to do with economics or injustice or environmental or housing sick of talking about gender

The message: Let's get Trump back in power.

Over the next year, mainstream talking heads will tell us at every opportunity that our 3rd party vote for Dr West is a waste, but we must resist these messages of fear and propaganda. Real political change will occur only when enough free thinking people demonstrate the courage to express their democratic agency and vote for the person who truly embodies their moral principles... WEST 2024!

Cornell West..WIN or LOOSE !!!!

@@alexp8495 This line if thinking is how we end up with a corpse running against a rotten corpse. Get out of that box you are placed in.

Trump is no worse than Biden. He’s got my vote. I’m Michigan

It will never happen

And who is "let's"? Black folks? It'll never happen!

I’m with that!!

@@tyronemckinney638 Indys make up the US largest voting block (42%). . contrary to what Dem 28% and Reps 26% tell you. I think it's reasonable to vote for a candidate w/ compassion and speaks full sentences.

If a moron like Trump could do it, a smart man like West might, too!

you're all onboard just because he's black, cause he's just another lunatic black racist. just like Stephen A. by the way, tell that ignorant fool that brother Trump was already President and did a hell of a job, but why educate ignorant racist fools.

He doesn't have any plans. You do realize the President can't waive a magic wand and implement policy. Look at Biden trying to forgive student loan debt. Republicans wouldn't vote for it and the SCOTUS overturned his executive order. This is just one of many examples.

There is no plan. He's just running to be relevant.

​@@lindag6689You clearly don't know him. At least articulate an intelligent response, Linda.

He's running to be the leader of all americans. I want to hear how he would handle education, crime, immagration, the economy...in other words his plan.@@lindag6689

Trump 2024

@@steventally8862 what is that a scare tactic lmao. Those doesn't work anymore

@@Slimdulla87 wasn’t meant to be a scare tactic

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@@steventally8862 well a listen vote for whoever you want to vote for.

Dr. West brought up some good points about winning, he is not leaning to his own understanding, he isn’t walking by sight, who seen the Toronto Raptors winning the 2019 NBA FINALS. Certain incidents happen, which increased there chances to win. No one seen it coming. Klay and Durant go down…….

Im not expecting him to win but I hope he does. If he finishes ahead of Biden that would be great.

Preach - and also we are in the best possible moment for a third party candidate like West. Never voters+ Never Trump/Biden+ independents + BIPOC+ young + labor + Christians. West speaks to all.

I DO expect him to win ! Most of us have seen the duopoly become more and more deadly to workers, the poor, and marganalized!@@ericthomas917

No one can predict the future. What the gatekeepers HOPE is that their propaganda will work this time. It will work on many indoctrinated by this illusion but I stopped believing their lies since the 1st Gulf War. I thought we were getting over a hump with Obama but all he did was solidify the corruption in this country. People still make excuses for him, as he was so effective at maintaining Neoliberalism. They look at me like I'm the enemy when I call him out. Today, I'm more interested in movements, ballot measures, local politics and mutual aid. It's time to stop being lazy.

This. That fake narrative is simply preemptively saying "if we lose it isn't our fault". It's so conspicuous.

Exactly

He’s a racist

💯

Exactly. It's a stupid and lazy argument.

would you vote for him tho?

Don't just wish him well, let's lift ourselves up and vote for him.

​@@JohnSmith-tk7ntabsolutely #CornelWest2024

Welcome to the struggle youngblood.

Now you know darn well Dr. West will not succeed into the presidency. Your support of him only gives the presidency to Trump. How stupid.

No we don't

​@lindag6689 Everyone says we do racist.

​@@lindag6689yes we do, troll. You're against Democracy if you think we shouldn't have any debates.

@@lindag6689cry Linda

​@@lindag6689And why not? What, you're afraid Dr. West would annihilate that feeble, decrepit, Alzheimer's patient of a president we currently have in Jim Crow Joe Biden? I'd pay money to see that demolition, with a smile on my face!

Never going to happen, and you and he know it.

He stands no chance.

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE

If that's the truth, then you're basically voting for Trump.

@@alexp8495 lol, negative ghost rider. Trump had his chance and backed big business... fk him

@@alexp8495 Stop letting MSNBC and CNN think for you. If Biden can't win, that's on him. The fact that he's still tied with a man who could go to jail should tell you something. That has nothing to do with West, who has not been out campaigning in the streets yet, not one rally. But, here we are blaming him for Biden's failures. A lot of you need to check if your thoughts are your own.

@@alexp8495 You're still falling for the establishment fear mongering??? Lmao ppl like you are ruining this country

He may be a great philosopher. A President, he is not.

PBD?

​@@dvdv8197I think he means Patrick Bet-David of Valuetainment.

@@dvdv8197 Patrick Bet-David podcast

@@justincooper2650 Thank you!

@@dvdv8197 You are welcome, my friend. I've seen quite a few of your comments on this thread, and I must say you are spitting FIRE! Keep up the great work!

Might as well say ur not voting then

All your doing is helping Trump if your dumb enough to vote for west, a guy that has a negative chance of winning

It’s his vote he can do he wants, shut up

​@@AccursedHawkMight as well shut up.

​@@AccursedHawkand what has voting Democrat or Republican gotten anyone in the last half century or longer?

Please do vote for this man. 👍

He might be a brilliant philosopher but a President he is not.

Just throw ur vote away then

@@AccursedHawk Ppl said the same thing about Barack and Trump lol

@@Deron3003the price of living was lower

​@WillyTheThrilly Fascism still existed. We need someone who actually cares about us and take things like homelessness, gentrification, and the racist justice system seriously.

​@Deron3003 Big difference was neither of them were third party candidates

😂😂

Don't waste your vote on him. He will never win and a vote for him helps Donald Trump. Understand what your vote means and how it affects the 2 main parties.

Biden is a fraud, the duopoly is an illusion. I don't know why black people, poor people and workers are so tied to Democrats. They only manage failure and NEVER fight for a better world. It's time for us to move on. They've had enough chances. The Democratic Party is now just Liz Cheney, as they PRESENT like they care about anything else besides kissing the ring of the rich. I'm trying to get friends to stop supporting them.

Explain!

I have three advanced degrees and l can't afford my own home because the average cost for a home in Maryland is $500,000 a year. I only make $40,000!! We need Dr. West in the White House now!!

Vote for him and he will win. Why stay stuck in the twilight zone of no change?

Hopefully he takes back left voters instead of them voting for a far right democratic party

@@goonerboz6023 Hopefully by let's face it, the left is susceptible to the fear mongering and won't have the spine to disobey others.

The aim is not so much to win but to shake things up. Open the eyes and minds of more people. Then we can get the shift we need from this dominant 2 party system that's taking the country down.

He’s the only one that is respected and could appeal to both sides

THE 21 YEARS OLD FRED AND HIS WIFE WHO MADE HISTORY I MET WITH THOSE FOLKS REAL KNOWLEDGE BROTHER FRED BROTHER THEM REAL WISDOM REAL UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE TAUGHT BY YOUR OWN PARENTS AND THEIR PARENTS

I do too. Glad you found someone. 😊

Nope! A leader does not whine and complain all day. They see the positives of any situation. I can't stand all that doom and gloom and talk about corruption. Every country has corruption. Focus on the positives. The price of gas and food, what positive change can you make to that problem? That's what matters. This is not a philosophy class. He's not qualified to be President.