Dr. Jill Stein announced her candidacy for the 2024 presidential race on Thursday, vowing to investigate President Joe Biden over issues related to the war between Israel and Hamas militants.
In a post to X, formerly Twitter, Stein, a Green Party candidate, announced that she was running for president, saying that the "bipartisan establishment has failed us" and noting that Americans need another party to "serve the people."
"I'm Jill Stein, and I'm running for president to offer that choice for the people outside of the failed two-party system," she said in a video on social media.
In another post, Stein, who ran for president in 2020 with the Green Party, spoke about the Israel-Hamas war and criticized both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Biden.
"We call for an investigation of the Netanyahu regime's war crimes, as well as the role of Biden and U.S. leaders in aiding and abetting them," Stein said. "And above all, these crimes must stop now."
On October 7, Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian militant attack on Israel in history. Israel subsequently launched its heaviest-ever airstrikes on Gaza. As of Thursday, over 10,000 people have died in Gaza, the Associated Press reported, citing health officials there, and 1,400 people have died in Israel.
The Biden administration says it stands with Israel, and the House of Representatives earlier this week approved a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package for the country.
Newsweek reached out to the White House via email for comment.
Stein gained popularity in the 2020 election cycle when she ran for president as a third-party candidate.
In the 2020 election, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lost to Republican Donald Trump in three states—Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It is unknown if those ballots cast for Stein would have either gone to Trump or Clinton if the third-party candidate wasn't in the race.
On her website, Stein states that her campaign will "put a pro-worker, anti-war, climate emergency agenda front and center in this election and on the ballot in November."
She is not the only third-party candidate Biden is facing in the upcoming election. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced that he is running as an independent candidate rather than a Democrat. He has already said his intention is to "spoil" the race for both Biden and Trump.
"The Democrats are frightened that I'm gonna spoil the election for President Biden...And the Republicans are frightened that I'm gonna spoil it for President Trump. The truth is, they're both right: My intention is to spoil it for both of them," Kennedy said last month.
A recent poll from Quinnipiac University showed Kennedy receiving 22 percent of the votes in a hypothetical three-way race between himself, Biden and Trump. The poll found Trump receiving 36 percent of votes and Biden in the lead with 39 percent.
Another poll from Sienna College and The New York Times found Kennedy leading both Biden and Trump among voters under the age of 45. According to the poll, 34 percent of young voters supported Kennedy, while 30 percent sided with Biden, and 29 percent chose Trump in a hypothetical race.
Update 11/09/23, 2:17 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
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