Democrats Claim Green Party's Jill Stein 'Spoiler for Trump' in New Ad

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Facts

  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC) released a new television ad on Friday, claiming that a vote for the Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein would help Donald Trump return to the White House.[1][2]
  • The ad was aired on television in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and on cable across the country. Currently polling at around one percent, Stein will be on the ballot in all seven battleground states but Nevada.[1][2][3][4]
  • This is the first DNC ad campaign to target the candidate, who on Wednesday accepted the endorsement of the Muslim American group Abandon Harris, which labels both Trump and Vice Pres. Kamala Harris 'pro-genocide candidate[s].'[3][5]
  • In past weeks Stein has said that there is 'no lesser evil' between Harris and Trump, and stated that Harris cannot win without the support of Muslim and Arab Americans in key swing states.[6][7]
  • According to a report last month from the Wall Street Journal, Stein in July paid $100K to consulting firm Accelevate, whose operator is accused of having been on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.[8][9]
  • This is the third time the Green Party candidate has run for presidency, after failed bids in 2012 and 2016. Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, blamed Stein for their defeat in 2016, arguing that her votes would have swung results in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.[10][11]

Sources: [1]Metaculus (a), [2]Democrats, [3]Washington Post, [4]NPR Online News, [5]FOX News, [6]Reuters, [7]Newsweek, [8]Wsj, [9]Metaculus (b), [10]The Hill and [11]Politico.

Narratives

  • Democratic narrative, as provided by Thirdway. Voters must realize that the Green Party presidential candidate, and well-known Russian state asset Jill Stein, is nothing more than a spoiler to take votes away from Democrats and help Trump win the White House — again. This course is all in plain sight, with Republicans and Trump donors supporting her.
  • Republican narrative, as provided by New York Post. It's no surprise that Democrats have launched this attack on Jill Stein, as they had anti-democratically sought to remove her from the ballot in multiple states, so as to force her voters to support Harris instead. Ahead of a very likely Trump win in November, the Democratic Party is desperate — and will blame anyone else for their impending defeat.

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