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

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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. (RELATED: Can Elon Musk Shatter America’s Two-Party System?)

In 1992, Perot split the conservative vote and gave us Bill Clinton. In 2000, Ralph Nader helped cost Al Gore Florida. In 2016,........

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