Centrist Group No Labels Accused of Plan to Disrupt 2024 Election, Potentially Favoring Trump

Leaked presentation suggests No Labels might back a Republican third-party candidate to create electoral deadlock, working to prevent President Biden or former president Trump from winning outright in 2024.

No Labels, a centrist political group, is accused of plotting to disrupt the 2024 US Presidential election in a way that could favor former President Donald Trump. The group is reportedly considering supporting a Republican third-party candidate to cause an electoral deadlock.
The alleged plan from No Labels would prevent either major party candidate from winning the necessary 270 electoral votes, forcing the election to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives where former President Donald Trump is considered likely to win.
This strategy by No Labels relies on running a voter-attracting Republican like former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan in states where President Biden won in 2020 by thin margins. The group's polling indicates that this could give Trump a slight edge as the third-party candidate would potentially draw disaffected anti-Trump Republicans away from Biden.
Part of the No Labels' strategy reportedly involves using its electoral votes as a 'bargaining chip' with one of the two major-party candidates to prevent a contingent election. Since Trump would almost certainly win a contingent election, this would likely mean negotiating with Biden.
This rumored radical plan from No Labels has faced sharp criticism from other political groups, including Third Way, a Democratic-aligned nonprofit group, claiming it would destabilize American democracy and could potentially allow Trump to win without majority support in the Electoral College.