Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader said he is backing President Joe Biden over any Republican or third-party candidate in the 2024 election because of the “two-party duopoly” presidential elections have become.
Nader, best known for running as a Green Party candidate in the 2000 presidential election, said in an interview with the Washington Post that he is “stuck with Biden” because of the perceived threat the GOP poses.
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“We are stuck with Biden now,” Nader said. “In a two-party duopoly, if one should be defeated ferociously, the logic is that the other one prevails.”
The longtime activist also compared the choice between Democrats and Republicans to a choice between “autocracy” and “fascism,” arguing autocracy is the better of the two.
“I know the difference between fascism and autocracy, and I’ll take autocracy any time,” Nader said. “Fascism is what the GOP is the architecture of, and autocracy is what the Democrats are practitioners of. But autocracy leaves an opening. They don’t suppress votes. They don’t suppress free speech.”
Nader said he would not formally endorse Biden but supports the commander in chief for reelection due to the risk of letting a Republican, such as former President Donald Trump, win the presidency.
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The support for the Democratic nominee from Nader comes nearly 23 years after he was blamed by Democrats for costing the 2000 presidential election for the party. Many Democrats, including Biden, blamed Nader for taking away enough votes from then-Vice President Al Gore in Florida to allow then-Texas Gov. George Bush to win the state and the presidency.
“Ralph Nader is not going to be welcome anywhere near the corridors. Nader cost us the election,” Biden told the New York Times in 2000.
