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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What happened with her? She seemed okay when she was running a few elections ago and had some support, but then went a bit off and I stopped following her.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apparently she received some funding that was traced back to Russia and is effectively acting as a spoiler candidate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Source: your ass

All you liberals have is a picture of her at a table with Putin as if Democrats you vote for haven't sat at a table with Putin before

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/26/facebook-russia-trump-sanders-stein-243172

It's a well-established fact that a part of her social media campaign was funded by the Russians.

To be clear: I'm not saying she necessarily did all this in cahoots with Putin. Russia funded divisive ads that boosted Sanders too. Regardless, Sanders quit the race whilst Stein did not. That means she acted as a spoiler candidate, where a vote for her means it's more likely that a republican candidate wins instead, instead of the democrat candidate that a green voter is likely more aligned with. It's an unfortunate effect of the two-party system. Nonetheless, those effects are well-known and Stein had a snowball's chance in hell of getting elected. She knew this, but decided to remain on the ballot anyway. Her candidacy therefore did help Trump win the election.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sanders quit the race whilst Stein did not. That means she acted as a spoiler candidate, where a vote for her means it’s more likely that a republican candidate wins instead,

i can do this too!

Sanders quit the race whilst Clinton did not. That means she acted as a spoiler candidate, where a vote for her means it’s more likely that a republican candidate wins instead, instead of the green candidate that a democrat voter is likely more aligned with.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

part of her social media campaign was funded by the Russians.

no, it wasn't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Did you even read the article? Facebook presented no proof of this and you just take it as fact.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

as if Democrats you vote for haven’t sat at a table with Putin before

Such as? Apart from, you know, people who were president and were doing it because presidents generally meet other world leaders?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

she's a presidential candidate. i don't think there is a meaningful difference in stature, but there is in substance: she never exchanged a word with him or shook his hand, unlike the fascists and fascist-enablers you're defending.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow. She somehow got herself a seat at Putin's table, then she sat down quietly, politely ate her sandwich, then got up and left without ever saying a word or interacting with the people at the table?

How unlucky she must have felt to find herself such an awkward situation. Egg on her face and all that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if was her table. he sat there for a couple minutes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I see. So Putin sat down at her table, uninvited, didn't introduce himself, she didn't comment on it, then he, Michael Flynn, and all the others finished their sandwiches and left Jill Stein in peace to eat her lunch alone.

I can see how that absolves her. But man, what a shitty thing to happen to someone when they just want to enjoy their soup and crackers in peace. With this one little social faux pas, Putin made millions of people across the country believe she was his stooge.

When she becomes president, what do you think she is going to do to retaliate against Putin for fucking her image so bad?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (26 children)

So the U.S. Secretary of State met with a world leader?

You do know Anthony Blinken does that all the time, right?

That's not a very good example.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You're pretending that meeting with Putin as part of her official duties is the same as associating with him socially.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

as if Democrats you vote for haven't sat at a table with Putin before

For example?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Her job at this time was to lead the foreign relations of the US. This job entails meeting many years of state who the US has serious disagreement with. It is a part of the job. This is not at all the same as going to dinner for fun

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No you don't get it, look how close they are, the closer they are the more corrupt

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

she received some funding that was traced back to Russia

that's not true.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Excellent rebuttal backed with facts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I provided just as much evidence as the comment to which I was responding

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

You could have asked them for a source then instead of doing something as useless?

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