BRILYN HOLLYHAND: Elon, Don’t Be An Idiot: A Third Party Is A Gift To The Left

Let me say this as plainly as possible: Elon Musk starting a third party in 2025 would be the dumbest, most self-destructive political move since Ross Perot handed Bill Clinton the keys to the White House in the ’90s. It wouldn’t be bold. It wouldn’t be visionary.

It would be idiotic — and, frankly, hurtful to every American who wants to see this country course-corrected and saved.

Let’s be clear: I like Elon. I’ve praised his defense of free speech. I’ve admired how he’s stood up to the woke mob, and I think his gut instincts are often spot-on. But if he launches some “centrist” third-party experiment, he’ll all but guarantee that Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg, Josh Shapiro, or JB Pritzker gets four years to finish the job of wrecking America.

This isn’t complicated. Third parties don’t win. They spoil. That’s not opinion – that’s history.

In 1992, Perot split the conservative vote and gave us Bill Clinton. In 2000, Ralph Nader helped cost Al Gore Florida. In 2016, Jill Stein and Gary Johnson chipped away at both sides. In 2020, Kanye West barely moved the needle, but even then it showed how a vanity project can throw a wrench in the works.

The only people who win when a third party gains traction are the ones we don’t want in power. And Elon knows that.

There are only two lanes in this country right now: one that leads toward saving America, and one that leads straight off a socialist cliff. If Elon’s new party pulls even 3-5% of conservatives, independents, or fed-up Gen Zers away from Trump and the GOP, it’s game over.

That’s all it takes. A few points in Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, or Pennsylvania, and we’re back to open borders, weaponized DOJ, pronouns in the Pentagon, and $8 gas.

I get it. He’s frustrated. So am I. The GOP isn’t perfect. But you don’t burn down the house because the sink’s leaking. You fix the plumbing. That’s what we’ve been doing.