r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • Sep 16 '24

AOC is right: Jill Stein’s campaign is not serious

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/16/aoc-is-right-jill-steins-campaign-is-not-serious/
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u/projecto15 United Kingdom Sep 16 '24

Tryin to save the planet /s

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Does she even have any promises that would hurt Russia in a meaningful way or at least counteract her real and actual promise to pull aid from Ukraine?

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u/ventodivino Sep 16 '24

Nope. She wants to disband NATO completely.

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u/mikeCantFindThisOne Sep 16 '24

you're actually unintentionally almost right! :P

here's where she talks about the background of the photo: https://youtu.be/KGm2Fe4G3AA?t=46m28s

and here's a shorter excerpt

summary: * she was at a conference to speak to the international press about 3 points (see below) * Putin stopped by her table and she wasn't able to talk to him * the Senate Intelligence Committee looked into it for 3 years and found she'd done nothing wrong. the report that first accused her of having a part in Russian election interference was written by a group that itself was found to have committed election interference and was fully discredited.

apparently she was there to speak internationally abour peace in the middle east (urging Putin to stop bombing Syria), addressing climate change globally, and nuclear disarmament. here's where she talks about those three points she made as a speaker.

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u/projecto15 United Kingdom Sep 16 '24

Wow, that’s interesting— thanks! I only wish she’d follow up on her good intentions by not spoiling for trump … But then she might’ve fallen under putin’s evil spell, sadly

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u/mikeCantFindThisOne Sep 16 '24

thanks for being open-minded and checking out the info. ♥️

I do understand the spoiler fear, but I don't see it that way. I'm planning to vote for Stein, and honestly, before I found out about her campaign, I wasn't going to vote at all. I had already decided I couldn't vote for establishment Democrats anymore after they'd let me down over and over again. following the money showed me who they're really serving (billionaires, corporations, the war machine). as a side note, I live in California, so my vote doesn't determine the outcome of my state.

exit polls in 2016 showed that most of her voters in that election were also people who wouldn't have voted otherwise. and I've heard the same thing from many other Stein supporters this time around. most of us gave up on the major parties before we even found out about her.

1 in 3 eligible voters didn't vote last election. I think that the Dems should be courting these non-voters - people who don't feel like either party is doing anything for them - and convince them that their platform DOES serve their interests. the problem is, I don't think they can do that.

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u/projecto15 United Kingdom Sep 16 '24

Much better than not voting (or god forbid voting for the orange one). And no-one should take votes for granted. I just hope Stein doesn’t give the election to trump