The DNC are taking the threat posed by third party presidential candidate assclowns like RFK Jr, Jill Stein, and Cornel West very seriously this cycle and for the first time are putting together a team aimed specifically at crushing them on messaging and ballot access, NBC News reports.
Leading the communications side of the effort is veteran Dem operative Lis Smith, who led Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 campaign to victory in Iowa, while DNC insiders Mary Beth Cahill and Ramsey Reid will work on the oppo and legal sides, all working to keep the scrubs’ vote share closer to the 1.5 percent they took in 2020 than the 5 percent they were able to scrounge up in 2016.
“We’re facing an unprecedented election and we know the GOP is already working to prop up third-party candidates like RFK Jr to make them stalking horses for Donald Trump,” said Smith’s deputy Matt Corridoni. “With so much on the line, we’re not taking anything for granted. We’re going to make sure voters are educated and we’re going to make sure all candidates are playing by the rules.”