A.G. Gancarski
Though academician Cornel West has yet to file with the Florida Division of Elections, he nonetheless is presenting as a presidential candidate this year.
And a purportedly nonpartisan group was planning to give him speaking time this month, remarks that at least in theory could benefit his long shot effort to hit President Joe Biden from the Left.
West, along with “best friend” Robert George, is currently booked to keynote the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) event on June 27 at the Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orange County, where the two will present “opposing views.”
FAC didn’t disclose the speaking fee for the keynote booking. However, spokesperson Cragin Mosteller suggests that there may be reconsideration of the booking, given some of West’s more outside-the-mainstream viewpoints following reporting by Florida Politics.
“On the record, what I can tell you is that you’ve given us a lot of, really, food for thought. We disagree with what he said. There’s no question about that. And now we’ll have to make a decision if we move forward. Whether or not they speak is something we’re going to have to revisit with our leadership,” Mosteller told Florida Politics on Wednesday shortly after we wrote about West being booked to speak.
West has made a number of provocative statements in recent months. He notably defended the “counterterrorist response” of the Hamas attacks on Israel last year.
FAC insists there is no expectation of West discussing foreign policy during an event where George and he are booked to model civil disagreement between ideological opponents, but his comments are worth noting nonetheless.
“I don’t believe in killing an innocent anybody,” West told CNN last month. “But you don’t start with those voices without coming to terms with the vicious killings and occupations that’s been going on for 75 years, and then you get a counterterrorist response to that.”
A former professor at Harvard and Princeton, West addresses a potpourri of cultural topics academically, and has taught classes ranging from philosophy and religion and African American history to “empathy” in a class co-taught with pop singer Pharrell Williams, best known for the ubiquitous earworm “Happy” that former Gov. Rick Scott and other politicians favored once upon a time.
West has also defended protests on campuses involving students and outside provocateurs, events that have been squelched in Florida by the Gov. Ron DeSantis regime.
“I was at Columbia a couple of days ago, and it was peaceful and the police came anyway. So, I mean, it’s these brothers and sisters and siblings, they’re peaceful, and I thank God they can send them a message that people can see their witness and still, at the same time, not have to engage in the kind of ugly clashes that we’ve seen,” West said in Pittsburgh this month.
Perhaps that’s the “empathy” he taught about coming to the fore.
Nationally, it appears voters are rejecting West’s vision. He’s no higher than 2% in surveys that include his name, and Mosteller suggested that he’s not taken particularly seriously as a presidential candidate.
And as of now, it’s uncertain whether he will speak next month in Florida.
17 comments
Dont Say FLA
May 15, 2024 at 11:57 am
Protect Florida! Vote for Cornell.
Don’t fall for the MSM attack line on Cornell about Hamas being counter-terrorism. They know Cornell will protect us, so they want Cornell to be stopped.
Trump had his chance and accomplished nothing for keeping us safe. Vote Cornell!
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Andrew Finn
May 15, 2024 at 6:19 pm
Cornel West ?? Seriously ?? Can somebody please tell Grady that Sanford & Son went off the air and away back in 1977 ??
MH/Duuuval
May 15, 2024 at 8:35 pm
Mosteller will function as the Trump stooge in the “debate” and, in the end, Mosteller and West will hug each other.
So, more fraught than Sanford ever was.
Dont Say FLA
May 16, 2024 at 11:33 am
Finally realized why Trump chased Hillary all over the debate stage: He must of had poopy diapers and assumed the stench would rattle her to her core
MH/Duuuval
May 16, 2024 at 10:55 pm
Wrong. He was scanning her butt for future fantasies.
Dont Say FLA
May 17, 2024 at 9:53 am
Ohhhhh hohohh. Ewwww. If Trump were to say Hillary was not his type, that is one claim from the 6 year old criminal defendant and presidential candidate that I would actually believe.
I wonder if he is being tried as adult up in NYC. If he were to tell Elected House Speaker Mike Johnson to claim “it’s so unfair that Trump am being tried as an adult,” I might even halfway buy that claim of Trump’s, too.
rick whitaker
May 16, 2024 at 11:31 pm
MH i have to admit, i was scanning her butt for future fantasies. i like hillary. hillary, sorry about scanning your butt.
Dont Say FLA
May 17, 2024 at 9:54 am
Rick I am truly worried about you, my man. Unless you got a time machine and are doing that circa 1980.
rick whitaker
May 17, 2024 at 3:10 pm
DSF, i’m in my 70’s, i like women from 75 to 35, below 35, well that’s just too young for me.
Impeach Biden
May 17, 2024 at 7:24 pm
Why would any woman out there give you the time of day?
rick whitaker
May 17, 2024 at 8:41 pm
HOWLER MONKEY , because i got money you fool. no, the reason is that i am a great guy in many ways. you asked.
Impeach Biden
May 17, 2024 at 7:27 pm
Don’t look a day over 90. Give Joe my regards at the senior care facility.
Impeach Biden
May 17, 2024 at 10:06 pm
Cornel West is the candidate of the Black Panther Party. Is Jeremiah Wright a member of the Black Panthers? Just asking. Ya see racism goes both ways.
Ocean Joe
May 18, 2024 at 6:13 am
The better question is how he remains a professor at an ivy league university without publishing anything.
Impeach Biden
May 18, 2024 at 6:47 am
I’m gonna go with he is a DEI hire. Just filling a quota, that’s all that Black Panther is.
Ocean Joe
May 18, 2024 at 8:34 am
There is probably an Aunt Esther in his life which explains his anger and lack of personal grooming.
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