Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made it clear she’s not in favor of third-party presidential bids by current and former Democrats as she sees it potentially harming President Joe Biden’s reelection bid.
One such organization is called No Labels, which bills itself as a moderate, centrist alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties. The group is attempting to get qualified for the 2024 ballot in all 50 states, and could eventually run someone like Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) or Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), both of whom have announced they are retiring from the Senate next year.
“No Labels is perilous to our democracy. I hesitate to say No Labels because they do have labels. They’re called no taxes for the rich. No child tax credit for children. They’re called let’s undo the Affordable Care Act,” the former House speaker told reporters.
Oddly, Pelosi made her statement at a breakfast hosted by Third Way, itself a Democratic-centrist organization that has emerged as one of No Labels’ main adversaries this election cycle.
Twelve states have already allowed No Labels to access the ballot for November 2024. The far-left group MoveOn has asked state secretaries to look into No Labels’ potential status as a dark money organization.
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Pelosi claimed that she had disregarded No Labels, even though the organization targeted her while she was the House Speaker, but that the election of 2024 will be different.
“When they jeopardize the reelection of Joe Biden as president of the United States, I can no longer remain silent on that,” she said.
