“Jill Stein is a useful idiot for Russia. After parroting Kremlin talking points and being propped up by bad actors in 2016 she’s at it again,” DNC spokesman Matt Corridoni said in a statement to The Bulwark. “Jill Stein won’t become president, but her spoiler candidacy—that both the GOP and Putin have previously shown interest in—can help decide who wins. A vote for Stein is a vote for Trump.”

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She wasn’t even the worst at the table, that “honor” goes to convicted felon Mike Flynn:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Flynn

More on Flynn and his connecting Trump to Russia here:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/connections-trump-putin-russia-ties-chart-flynn-page-manafort-sessions-214868/

p.s. Trump’s “National Security Advisor”.

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Lest anyone try to claim Stein isn’t running purely as a spoiler candidate.

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Oh oh but if I mention it to certain folk, that’s “old news” and “why do you only ever bring that image up” and “lol libs sure are grasping at straws”

Fascism and political interference does not have an expiration date.

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Worth bringing the image up because it’s from 2015… 6 months after she announced she was running.

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political interference does not have an expiration date.

Sure as fuck doesn’t, as we are still being impacted by the Clinton administration interfering in 1996 Russian elections that ended up resulting in Putin as President.

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You know what, you convinced me. I’ve decided not to vote for Clinton.

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I heard Clinton even helped Hitler bein elected so … shuffles papers … I am NOT going to vote for … shuffling papers more … Biden but for Trump!

-“Hey boss, you sure it’s still Biden?”

-“Da da.”

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Provide links from the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation showing there was wrong doing with the event. They’ve investigated and found nothing. Implying guilt by association is dishonest and should be labeled misinformation.

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Here’s the problem, legally, private citizens can’t engage in diplomatic actions like this:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/953

“Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”

You would think anyone who just announced their candidacy 6 months before this dinner would know that…

But then you’d also think anyone running for President would also know how many Congressmen there are…

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/12/jill-stein-schooled-on-in-brutal-breakfast-club-interview/

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And yet the Senate intelligence committee found nothing wrong or nefarious.

you’d also think anyone running for President would also know how many Congressmen there are

One would think the former 2 term VP under the first black President would remember his name

Or the name of his Secretary of Homeland Security

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Still can’t believe Flynn was the fucking head of the DIA

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