A coalition of environmental groups warned voters Thursday against supporting Green Party presidential hopeful Jill Stein and other third-party presidential candidates.
The coalition — which includes Natural Resources Defense Council affiliate NRDC Action Fund, the League of Conservation Voters, the Sunrise Movement and others — said the Democratic ticket with Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “represents our best chance at making more progress over the next four years.”
A vote for Stein, independent candidate Cornel West or others would be backing a spoiler candidate and helping former President Donald Trump, they argued.
“Former President Trump … waged the worst White House attack ever against the environment and public health while in office,” the groups said. “And he has made clear that his second term will be even more extreme, drawing from the detailed anti-environment proposals and plans contained in Project 2025.”