Angela Davis was a two-time Communist VP candidate in the United States.
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Louder with CrowderOct 5, 2026
Angela Davis ran for vice president on the Communist Party USA ticket in 1980 and 1984, as Gus Hall's running mate, which matches the claim. The claim is extracted faithfully from the passage, and the Castro-regime assertion is outside the extracted claim.
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… It's just an extension of the Castro regime. When you look at people like Angela Davis, who they rolled out the red carpet in Harvard, I referenced her. She was a two-time Communist VP candidate here in the United States, supported the Castro regime. So this regime that has jailed its political opposition, they want you to be concerned about it in the United States. The jailing of political opposition hasn't happened. The jailing of journalists hasn't happened. …
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Supports. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery record states that Davis ran for vice president twice (1980 and 1984) on the Communist Party's presidential ticket before leaving the party in 1991.[1]
Supports. A 1979 archived New York Times page reports Davis became the running mate of Communist Party leader Gus Hall for 1980, and describes her as again on the Communist ticket in 1984.[2]
Supports. Wikipedia and an encyclopedia.com biography both state she ran for vice president in the 1980 and 1984 elections under the Communist Party.[3][4]
Supports. Independent sources including an LA Times profile, a Independent Institute article, and a newpol.org essay describe her as the Communist Party's vice-presidential candidate in 1980 and 1984.[5][6][7]
Context. Sources also say she left the Communist Party in 1991, and one source (newpol.org) mentions a 1988 consideration, which does not change the two-time count.[1][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1Angela Davis | Smithsonian Institutionsi.edu · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 2More on Angela Davisnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Angela Davis - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Davis, Angela 1944–encyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Angies List: 2-time Commie Loser Holds Forth: News Article - Independent Instituteindependent.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Angela Davislatimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Angela Davis for Vice-President 1984 and 1988newpol.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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