ICYMI: scholar and activist Cornel West on Mon. announced a third-party presidential bid under the People's Party.

West announced his 2024 campaign Mon. on Twitter: "Join the movement."

West: "I am running for truth and justice...to reintroduce America to the best of itself."

This isn't West's first foray into presidential politics: he endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2016 and 2020. (WaPo)

According to the Hill, the People's Party was founded in 2017 by former Sanders campaign staffer Nick Brana.

West: "...some of us are going to go down fighting, go down swinging with style and a smile."

West: "Do we have what it takes? We shall see."