Amy Goodman
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Ralph Nader: Calling a Third-Party Candidate a "Spoiler" is a "Politically Bigoted Word"
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September 19, 2016
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4:08Now PlayingIn an extended discussion of the exclusion of thirdparty candidates from the first presidential election of 2016, fourtime presidential candidate Ralph Nader argues against the need to vote for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in order to defeat Republican Donald Trump. He argues that instead voters opposed to both candidates should work together to support a thirdparty candidate of their choice. "The idea of calling a third party ‘spoiler,’ using the First Amendment right to run for office, is a politically bigoted word and should never be tolerated by the American people," Nader says. When asked about critics who say his candidacy in 2000 allowed George W. Bush to defeat Al Gore, he says they are "scapegoating."
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