Cornel West says Harris tried to bribe him to drop out of the race

Independent far-left [aka communist] presidential candidate Cornel West made a startling revelation about the lengths the Democratic Party might go to secure a win in the 2024 election.

In an interview on the Status Coup News podcast, West alleged that the Harris campaign had proposed a deal to entice him to withdraw from the presidential race. According to his claim, they attempted to bribe him by promising a comfortable position in Harris' administration if she were elected, as well as an offer to settle his campaign debts.

West has faced opposition from the Democratic Party due to polling data indicating that his candidacy in swing states siphons votes from Harris, potentially benefiting former President Donald Trump.

Podcast host Jordan Chariton, to his credit, did not let West's claim go unchallenged. He pressed for more details, specifically inquiring about the type of position Harris' administration allegedly offered. In response, West began to describe the interaction as a "serious, substantive conversation about all of those that could lead toward some real..." However, he then trailed off and appeared to divert the subject.
There's no doubt that Harris' team would love to see Cornel West off the ballot entirely and throwing his support to them, particularly in the swing states. West doesn't pull all that many voters, but the ones he does attract come almost entirely from the Democrats and Harris' base of support. But it's difficult for me to see how or why Harris would offer him a full cabinet-level position. He might perhaps be considered for a deputy position of some sort or even a role on Harris' staff, but there simply aren't enough of those "secretary" positions to go around considering how many people would be vying for them.

Despite these claims, some critics are labeling this arrangement as "beyond election interference." However, it's well documented through numerous insider "tell-all" books that such conversations are commonplace in Washington, especially during a presidential election cycle. These discussions are generally unofficial and resemble more of a "meeting of the minds" negotiation. For example, when Pete Buttigieg exited the 2020 presidential primary and endorsed Joe Biden, it was widely assumed that he was promised a Cabinet position, though it remains somewhat puzzling how he ended up in the Transportation Department. Similar scenarios can be said for many others.

The two cases do have notable differences. Pete Buttigieg, often referred to as "Pothole Pete," brought much more to the table than Cornel West does. Buttigieg secured a significantly higher percentage of the vote and, as an added bonus, served as an ideal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) candidate for an administration that had committed to prioritizing DEI beyond basic qualifications. Although Cornel West checks a couple of DEI boxes, he wouldn't be considered "historic" in that regard, regardless of which Cabinet position he would be given.

So, was the narrative Cornel West shared on that podcast authentic? I don't doubt that the conversation took place or was at least mentioned. However, was it a violation of election laws or a case of election interference? Not really. It was just another example of the routine interactions that occur within the political landscape of Washington.

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Cornel West accuses Israel, not Hamas, of "genocidal attack" on Gaza

Cornel West, a third party presidential candidate, appeared on NewsNation's “CUOMO" Tuesday. The avowed Communist condemned Israel for refusing to lay down and die when it bombed Gaza in retaliation to the brutal Oct. 7 attack that butchered 1,200 Israelis, wounded about 5,300 and took around 240 hostages, some of whom have been killed. But West likened Israel's response to genocide, when it was Hamas who proudly declared that this is their intention to do to the Jews.

But rather than seeing the events for what they are, West blamed the victims. Maybe the women and girls Hamas raped and mercilessly slaughtered were dressed provocatively and were asking for it.

“We’re living in a genocidal attack in real time, where nearly 7,000 children have been killed in less than 45 days, so all of the talk about X or Y is nothing but rationalizations of the proceeding, of the promoting of this kind of genocidal attack,” West said, refusing to take into account how Hamas uses children and others as human shields, and how the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) take great pains and risk the lives of their soldiers, at limiting civilian casualties. 

It has also been shown that Hamas used the Al Shifa Hospital as a sort of headquarters, which they deny. 

Using hospitals or religious places of worship is forbidden in the Geneva Convention but the terrorists obviously don't care. Anytime an enemy does this, the facility is no longer protected, but even so, Israel still did not level it to the ground. Instead, they went in, room-by-room, looking for the terrorists. 

It was later seen on video that prior to the IDF's arrival, hostages were taken to Al Shifa and some of the Hamas terrorists were dressed as hospital staff--another breach of the 1949 Geneva Convention.

In addition, on Monday and Tuesday, Israel produced photos and videos showing weapons being stored inside the hospital, a tunnel shaft on the grounds outside and a blast door leading to a tunnel.

While West said Hamas was “wrong” for its attack on Israel, he argued “they were resisting” because of suffering. 

Why doesn't West ask Israeli Arabs how they're "suffering." It turns out that they're better off than their Gaza counterparts, have more freedom, and are even represented in the Israeli Knesset.

“Palestinian children are not receiving any attention from the U.S. government, from the Israeli government,” West said.

That's because the Palestinian kids are too busy being human shields. And let's never forget that Palestinians are able to get medical care in Israeli hospitals, while the reverse is not true.

West is among those who have called on Israel to institute a cease-fire so that Hamas can get a breather, regroup, rearm and resupply so they can more effectively come up with a "final solution."

West is an anti-Semite clear and simple, and anti-Semites hate that the Jews aren't walking into the ovens anymore.

Never again is Now!

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Clueless Antifa violence confuses the left

Photo: AP

A man named Ken Farr provided me with an interesting analogy regarding what appears to be taking place in the U.S.A. 

He compared the nation's hatred of President Trump, the rioting that we see with the ideology-less Antifa and other intolerant leftist mobs, and the general malaise of our country, to a forest fire.

In order to have growth in the forest, fire must destroy the trees, which, in Farr's analogy, are symbols of the past. Once the trees are destroyed, they are eventually replaced with seedlings that slowly sprout and grow stronger trees and a more verdant forest.

Therefore, using this line of thinking, our country will grow stronger and freer  only after we suffer the 'slings and arrows' imposed upon us by the hatred we witness today, to wit, Antifa violence.

An example of Antifa's mindless violence happened in Berkeley, Calif. Approximately 100 black-clad terrorists (called 'activists' by the leftist media) carrying homemade shields and clubs descended on the town over the weekend and attacked a small group of protesters. 

Antifa often attacks smaller groups or women because they fight like baby kangaroos.

The left-wing terrorists kicked and punched demonstrators who had fallen in the street. They swung batons at others still standing and threatened to destroy cameras of anyone documenting their violence.

Antifa, short for Anti-fascist, have increasingly made their violent presence known at counter-protests and progressive demonstrations. They have attacked alt-right groups and violated the First Amendment of other speakers and appear to have no actual ideology other than the idea that if they don't approve of what you're saying, they will attack you.

Photo: AP

The irony, of course, is that such behavior is fascism. And now the left is questioning whether Antifa is causing more harm than good, which begs the question: name one good thing Antifa has done.

The violence of Antifa plays into the hands of white supremacist groups such as the neo-Nazis and the KKK.

In spite of Antifa tracing its roots back to militant anti-fascists in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, the current members are mostly comprised of radical anarchists who focus more on physically fighting far-right ideology than pushing forth pro-left policies. 

Again, the ideology of Antifa is non-existent other than to fight anyone whose ideas they don't approve of. 

The left was generally mute over Antifa violence, as witnessed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which they only criticized the alt-right white nationalists, neo-Nazis and KKK, then went after Trump for being too slow to criticize the alt-right. 

Instead, President Trump rightly criticized both sides, although he should have immediately gone after the white supremacists and singled them out along with Antifa.

Since Trump's election, Antifa has become more active. They were quite possibly to blame for most of the destruction in Washington D.C. on Inauguration Day.

The anarchist group also clashed with police and right-wing activists in cities across the country, and even went to the G-20 summit site in Hamburg this year. 

In February this year, about 150 masked and black-clad Antifa anarchists rampaged through Berkeley and caused $100,000 worth of damage and forced the University of California to cancel a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right scumcrumpet.

The forest is burning and the seedlings have appeared: in addition to conservative lawmakers and far-right activists, who are targeted by Antifa, some mainstream politicians and even some editorial boards of large leftist newspapers, are beginning to harshly criticize Antifa for promoting violence. Some politicians are even calling for the group to be labeled a 'terrorist organization'.

Normally a poster girl for senile dementia, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement on Tuesday that Antifa's violent attacks in Berkeley "deserve unequivocal condemnation, and the perpetrators should be arrested and prosecuted."

The Los Angeles Times editorial board called Antifa "traitors to the thousands of peaceful demonstrators who gathered in Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Park to counter a 'No to Marxism in America' rally" and they even called the group's actions "thuggery, not activism."

So on a bright note, Antifa is causing the left to be honest.

Regarding Pelosi's statement, Antifa posted a response saying that the congresswoman has a lower approval than Trump and added that they don't care what she thinks.

In spite of the condemnation of the movement in the wake of Sunday's violence, the anarchists still have numerous anarchist cheerleaders in academia.

Mark Bray, a visiting professor at Dartmouth University, defended Antifa's use of violence during many TV interviews. 

"I think that a lot of people recognize that, when pushed, self-defense is a legitimate response to white supremacy and neo-Nazi violence." Bray is the author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook." 

He has not suffered property loss or physical assault for his ideas by anyone on the right.

Cornel West, a Communist and Harvard University professor claimed that "If it hadn't been for the antifascists protecting us from the neo-fascists, we would have been crushed like cockroaches."

But there is no evidence the neo-Nazis or KKK actually initiated the violence--there are some witnesses who say that Antifa started it. And Cornel West hates America.




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