“Asked how many members of the House of Reps there were, Stein guessed 600-some before hosts corrected her.”

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107 points

Wouldn’t a serious politician not being paid by the Russians actually, like, fucking know that?!

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82 points

Especially as she’s actually run for President twice before! It’s like coming into the same job interview multiple times and giving worse answers each time.

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Why are Democrats afraid of a candidate stealing votes if the opposition party is doing worse with every election?

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21 points

Gerrymandering. Next question.

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Because doing worse doesn’t mean they’re not still an imminent threat to our democracy.

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96 points

No one is “afraid” of Jill Stein. What they’re afraid of is a GOP and Russian misinformation campaign disguised as a third party presidential campaign causing chaos in an election with likely extremely close margins of victory.

The idea that anyone is afraid of Stein is hilarious by the way. The 74yr old perennial candidate whose only elected experience is partial representation of a district in a municipal legislature for a town of 30k people? Yeah, not a serious candidate - because if she was, you’d hear something from her in between pointless presidential campaigns.

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12 points

Because the spoiler effect is the result of geometric proximity, not the strength of candidates.

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31 points

Look at the math.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-president.html

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/president

Two last elections were won with 1 or 2 percent of certain states swinging one way or another. 1% of people voting Green in a swing state can absolutely hand the election to the fascists.

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10 points

Herp derpty derpy derp derp herp derp derp?

Cool story bro.

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I’m not afraid of shit. Jill Stein has proven she’s anti-science with her stances on GMOs and vaccines. She’s proven she’s politically illiterate and unfit for office by not being able to answer simple questions about our government. And she’s proven she’s a Russian asset by meeting with Putin officials and encouraging people to vote for Donald Trump.

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No party wants to lose voters. No company wants to lose customers. No house of worship wants to lose congregants. It’s that simple; I believe.

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15 points

Is not problem. She received excellent education from People’s University of Harvard, near the warm-water port city of Boston in Massachusetts oblast. Do not worry about these silly details.

/s because internet

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