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