Among the Democrats warning that history could repeat itself is David Axelrod, Barack Obama's top political adviser. "In 2016, the Green Party played an outsized role in tipping the election to Donald Trump," he said. "Now, with Cornel West as their likely nominee, they could easily do it again. Risky business."
His comments were echoed by Jamie Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee. "This is not the time in order to experiment. This is not the time to play around on the margins," he said recently.
Dr West has been unmoved by Democrats' criticism - and in fact is being advised by Ms Stein. He has vowed to "go down fighting" on a progressive platform that prioritises affordable housing, abortion rights, health care and climate change.
A talented communicator, the philosophy professor has taught at Yale, Princeton and Harvard universities, and prides himself on being one of America's "most provocative public intellectuals� ��.
After championing Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, he became disillusioned with the former president's policies and labelled him a "Rockefeller Republican in blackface".
He campaigned for Bernie Sanders during the Vermont senator's bids for the Democratic presidential nomination. And he begrudgingly backed Mr Biden in 2020, saying he was voting for a "mediocre, milquetoast neoliberal centrist because he's better than fascism".
But he has since called for an alternative to a Biden-Trump rematch, claiming "neither political party wants to tell the truth" about Wall Street, Ukraine, or Big Tech.
"Do we have what it takes? We shall see," he said in his launch video, adding he was prepared to "go down swinging - with style and a smile."
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