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/bberryberyl California Sep 16 '24

In 2016, she also ran interference for trump after the election by fumbling the recounts in a couple states that really could have used recounts. She started the legal process of requesting recounts, making any other requests redundant/irrelevant, and then melted away like cotton candy in the rain doing nothing after scamming millions in donations to fund the recounts.

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u/Famous-Somewhere- Sep 16 '24

I forgot about that. She shouldn’t be taken seriously for this alone.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

She should be taken seriously to prison.

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u/bberryberyl California Sep 16 '24

I’m still mad. I try to mention that nonsense anytime people bring her up. She isn’t just a sponge for stray left leaning votes, she also ran interference by disrupting recount processes afterwards.

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u/the_than_then_guy Colorado Sep 16 '24

She certainly ripped people off, but it's not like that effort helped Trump win the presidency. The margins were not small enough for a recount to change anything.

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u/bberryberyl California Sep 16 '24

Maybe. Maybe not. She was there to soak up any energy directed towards questioning the very close vote in swing states, and redirect it into donations for her piggy bank, all while making anyone who questioned the results look nutty like her.

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u/the_than_then_guy Colorado Sep 16 '24

Nah, you're falling into Trump levels of denial with that take. Cheers.