Green Party Leader Jill Stein Is a Bernie Backer All of a Sudden?

[TomCADem]

This is sort of weird coming from the Green Party's Presidential Nominee to sing the praises of someone who caucuses with the Democratic Party. Plus, isn't this something that Trump would likely tweet?

Link to tweet

[ProudLib72]

1. DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Look the other way. Look over there. It's a shiny object, mmmmmm, very shiny!

[BigmanPigman]

2. You nailed it!

[arthritisR_US]

10. Exactly!

[R B Garr]

3. Isn't this the kind of slop that Russia Today passes off as journalism?

It's just straight up propaganda. Jill needs to show us her taxes. Did she ever do that as a candidate? If not, we need to see them.

[stevenleser]

11. Yup, and no surprise "The Intercept" is printing the same kind of garbage. nt

[Nevernose]

4. Stein still dividing

I realize that many DUers are still holding a grudge against Bernie. I get it. I disagree wholeheartedly, but I get it.

I'm willing to bet that it's a much, much smaller subset of DU that believes Bernie Sanders is a paid agent of Russia. I can't say that about Jill Stein.

She's on my West/Sarandon shit list (although I think those two are just weirdly privileged and misguided, unlike Stein)

[Beantighe]

5. I don't think this is a new thing

Pretty sure she offered Bernie the possibility of being on the ticket for the Greens.

[bettyellen]

6. And her nonsense about "elevating Trump" is ancient crap about him being on a short list

Beforethe primaries started. Everyone makes these lists for on how they'll treat candidates at different stages. She couldn't have been harder in Trump- calling him out for reaching out to Russia and being a dangerous man. Anyone who belives this crap she, Greenwald and RT peddled is a damned moron.

[Me.]

9. She Cartainly Did Nina

[Docreed2003]

7. Stein offered to step aside and let Bernie run as a green

At least that's my recollection...when Bernie didn't run as an independent, her folks quickly moved to shit all over Bernie as being a "sellout" because he chose to stand with Hillary. Stein's running mate was extremely Anti-Bernie and had made multiple statements to that fact during the primaries, because Bernie wasn't "left enough".

Stein, or I should say, Stein's enablers were masterful in stirring up animosity on the left during the summer of 2016 and she's trying to continue with that shit now! Hell, there's a whole freaking forum of folks that used to be here that are drinking her Kool-Aid.

Personally, I have no use for that crap. I have a great distaste for her "antivaccine" stance and I was appalled by her total lack of understanding of most international issues. Stein continues to throw shade on Hillary and stir the shit from the left and I'm, frankly, tired of it...that doesn't even mention the fact that I'm personally convinced that Stein has connections with Russia as much as Trump has.

[SaschaHM]

8. All of a sudden?

She offered her spot on the Green ticket to Bernie, tried to get Nina Turner as her VP, and led a walkout at the DNC.

This isn't new.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Of course

Anything to help Pooty.