Democrats have warned that No Labels could help elect Trump and act as a spoiler to Biden’s re-election chances. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said during a breakfast last week held by Third Way, a centrist group that has opposed No Labels’ efforts, that No Labels “is perilous to our democracy. I said that completely without any hesitation.”
Pelosi has warned that No Labels might prevent any presidential candidate from securing the necessary 270 electoral votes and would throw the election to the House of Representatives, giving each state delegation one vote for president—and where Republicans hold a majority in more state delegations.
“We have to make sure we have the numbers to win the election to save our democracy,” Pelosi said.
The fact that No Labels is spending millions of dollars to get on state ballots, but doesn’t disclose its donors, has also drawn criticism, particularly from Democrats who question the group’s motives.
[It would be a disaster of their own making, but I don’t think anyone should take Manchin or RFK seriously. It’s easy to get good polling a year away from an election, because it’s still silly season. Manchin is also 76 now and every bit as much as barnacle of Washington as Biden or Trump. The thirst is for new, younger leadership, not a reshuffling of the Politburo. — Ed]
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