Abandon Harris endorses Green Party’s Jill Stein on Oct. 7 anniversary – Washington Examiner
The “Abandon Harris” movement has officially endorsed Green Party candidate Jill Stein, marking a significant challenge for Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the November election. This endorsement comes on the anniversary of the Hamas attack and reflects criticism of the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Gaza conflict, specifically its failure to secure a ceasefire. The group aims to draw attention to what it describes as two destructive forces in U.S. politics, urging Muslim-Americans and others opposed to genocide to support Stein in the upcoming elections. The endorsement poses a threat to Harris, particularly in swing states crucial for her campaign against former President Donald Trump, as it may siphon votes away from her candidacy.
Abandon Harris endorses Green Party’s Jill Stein on anniversary of Hamas attack
The Abandon Harris movement is throwing its support behind a third-party candidate for the November election, dealing a blow to Vice President Kamala Harris and threatening to siphon away votes in key swing states she’ll need to win in order to secure the White House.
Abandon Harris endorsed Green Party candidate Jill Stein on Monday, criticizing the Biden administration for its response to the war in Israel and its failure to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza. The endorsement comes on the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack, which ignited the creation of groups such as Abandon Harris and others that protested the reelection of President Joe Biden or Harris in response to their stance on Israel.
“We are not choosing between a greater evil and a lesser evil,” the group said in a statement. “We are confronting two destructive forces: one currently overseeing a genocide and another equally committed to continuing it. Both are determined to see it through. We call on Muslim-Americans and all those who stand firmly against genocide to vote for the Green Party in 2024.”
The endorsement could negatively affect Harris as she seeks to edge out former President Donald Trump in key swing states, especially as the race continues to tighten in the final sprint to Election Day. The initial Abandon Biden movement helped the effort to cast hundreds of thousands of “uncommitted” ballots in the primary election, raking in more votes than any other Democratic challenger to the president.
The group has shown no signs of slowing down, especially since rebranding to the Abandon Harris movement after Biden withdrew from the race — and it could pose a serious challenge to the vice president’s campaign.
Harris must also deal with efforts from other groups protesting her campaign, including the National Uncommitted Movement. That group similarly announced it would not endorse Harris, although it said it “opposes a Donald Trump presidency, whose agenda includes plans to accelerate the killing in Gaza” and “is not recommending a third-party vote” as “third-party votes in key swing states could help inadvertently deliver a Trump presidency given our country’s broken Electoral College system.”
It nonetheless gives an opening to Trump and his allies to paint Harris as dangerous with her foreign policy stances, a message they hope resonates with the voting demographics in battleground states that could determine the presidential election in November.
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