No Labels, the centrist political group planning to offer a bipartisan unity ticket for the 2024 presidential election, may not actually have a Democrat on its ticket, one of its top leaders said in a video recording of a recent event that was obtained by HuffPost.

One of the things weve also gotten asked about is theres, of course, Republicans, Democrats, theres also independents and their presence on the ticket, Ryan Clancy, chief strategist for No Labels, said in a Dec. 20 Zoom event titled Common Sense Talks With Ryan Clancy.

And what if its a Republican and an independent? I think thats certainly possible, he said.

Clancy was responding to an attendee who raised a concern shared by many Democrats as No Labels prepares to launch a third-party presidential candidate: They will function as a spoiler, taking Democratic and independent votes away from President Joe Biden and boosting presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Its clearly a touchy subject for the group, which for much of the past year has been fending off growing fears that it would tilt the election to Trump.

Were not spoiling anything, former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat who joined No Labels last year to coordinate efforts to get on state ballots, told The Guardian on Saturday.

Nixon said at the Zoom event that the group has so far secured a slot for a No Labels presidential candidate on 12 of the 50 state ballots.

Right now were on our way to moving forward, he told event attendees. And we will.

But Clancys squishiness over which party or parties will even be on its ticket certainly suggests that No Labels is scrambling to figure out what, exactly, it will ultimately offer the American electorate. This comes after the group announced in November that it was abandoning its in-person presidential convention , originally set to kick off after Super Tuesday in March, and instead is opting to carry out its candidate selection process virtually, giving itself more time to sort itself out.

And amid this vague sense of movement, it was clear from the December Zoom event that even No Labels supporters and financial backers are worried theyll end up helping Trump.

Many of the questions that Clancy fielded were related to making sure that No Labels doesnt give Trump an advantage in November. One attendee, Will from Alabama, said for him it was absolutely the number one priority in 2024 that Trump not get reelected. Another attendee, Paula, said shed been a long supporter of No Labels but looking at the groups plans for a bipartisan ticket, she was having trouble trying to figure out how this is going to not reelect Trump.

When an attendee named Martha asked Clancy about the idea of No Labels ditching its bipartisan unity ticket and instead putting up two center-right candidates to ensure that the group doesnt pull more votes from Biden than Trump she proposed two Republicans, Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Clancy said that was a great question and a really interesting point that we should consider.

We might end up with two independents on it in the end, he added.

Another No Labels official on the call straight-up confessed that he is nervous about the group being a spoiler for Trump.

Love everybody at No Labels, said John Leonard, the treasurer for No Labels in Raleigh, North Carolina. But I support what Will and Paula were saying earlier.... I really worry about the prospect of Biden losing support and Donald Trump being inadvertently elected in the Electoral College.

Asked why No Labels wouldnt include a Democrat on its bipartisan unity ticket, Clancy told HuffPost on Wednesday that the group has always been open to other options.

Nothing has changed, Clancy said in a statement.

No Labels has said from the beginning our intent is to offer our ballot line to a unity ticket featuring a Democrat and a Republican, he said. But well be open to an independent being on the ticket if we think that gives the ticket the best chance to win.