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deminks

(11,014 posts)
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 12:31 PM Jun 2017

So, besides spoiler, what role did Jill Stein play in the 2016 election?

http://theslot.jezebel.com/nope-jill-stein-is-not-quite-done-enraging-you-1796258572

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And she recorded a video from Moscow’s famous Red Square, in which she talked about “the need to rein in American exceptionalism” and replace “a U.S. policy based on domination”—words that sounded like they were ripped from Putin’s talking points.

Stein isn’t sorry about any of it. She says she’d welcome the opportunity to testify before Congress and dismisses the idea that she was a spoiler or that her campaign was co-opted as a tool of Russian influence as Democrats’ “pathetic excuses” for losing the election.

Politico also noted that RT, Russia’s propaganda channel, was the only network to consistently cover her campaign and invite her on, and that her VP shortlist included RT host Chris Hedges. Her eventual VP pick, Ajamu Baraka, has referred to NATO as “gangster states,” and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addressed the Green Party convention via videoconference to discuss the hacked DNC documents—sent, according to US intelligence agencies, by Russian state hackers—that the organization had released. Stein also informed Politico that “there is not a lot of evidence” that Russia was behind the hacking effort. She said, however, that she is “certainly not aware of any ties whatsoever” between the Green Party and the Russian government.

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Hmmm.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi9rPj36szUAhUI7oMKHUtLBTMQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fguess-who-came-dinner-flynn-putin-n742696&psig=AFQjCNGGxh6jYYCuCeoxJS-xXH6hibM1Lg&ust=1498062255265816
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So, besides spoiler, what role did Jill Stein play in the 2016 election? (Original Post) deminks Jun 2017 OP
Spreader of "Fake News". Cattledog Jun 2017 #1
Grifter. Bleacher Creature Jun 2017 #2
Redefined "Green". TreasonousBastard Jun 2017 #3
I have total disdain for anyone foolish enough to contribute to her "recount" MichMan Jun 2017 #4
I wonder how much money she got from the Kremlin? BainsBane Jun 2017 #5
She wasn't a spoiler. Orsino Jun 2017 #6
She made a lot of $$$ for her "party" Lee-Lee Jun 2017 #7

Bleacher Creature

(11,253 posts)
2. Grifter.
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 12:39 PM
Jun 2017

I'd bet a pretty penny that a huge chunk of the $7+ million she raised for the recount went straight into her pocket (and/or people close to her).

MichMan

(11,869 posts)
4. I have total disdain for anyone foolish enough to contribute to her "recount"
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 01:03 PM
Jun 2017

I certainly hope that those that foolishly donated or voted for her understand how complicit and enabling they were

BainsBane

(53,016 posts)
5. I wonder how much money she got from the Kremlin?
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 01:05 PM
Jun 2017

She is at the table with Putin in that infamous photo of Flynn. Like him, she is a Putin apologist.
I'd like to see that money trail followed.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
6. She wasn't a spoiler.
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 01:08 PM
Jun 2017

At least not with her candidacy itself. She was handy for voters who would never support Trump or Clinton.

What-ifs that assume Green votes would have gone for Clinton are kind of silly.

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