Ah gotcha. Sorry I’m overly literal sometimes.
I think there’s also an acceptance that the third party strategy doesn’t work. America’s electoral systems have effectively boxed them out.
The real winning strategy is to run as an insurgent in a major party. That’s what Trump did and Bernie tried to do. It’s kinda like the major party acts as a host for a parasite. Not a good connotation but that’s the best metaphor I have.