Why Howard Schultz’s presidential run is stirring the pot

Published January 28, 2019 10:55pm ET



The newest entry into the 2020 presidential brawl isn’t a Democrat, but an independent candidate: billionaire and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.

“I am seriously thinking of running for president,” Schultz told Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” on CBS. “I will run as a centrist independent, outside of the two-party system we’re living at a most-fragile time not only the fact that this president is not qualified to be the president, but the fact that both parties are consistently not doing what’s necessary on behalf of the American people and are engaged, every single day, in revenge politics.”

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