Earlier today Krystal Ball of the Rising podcast took to task libertarian blowhard Bill Maher who insists on blaming 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein for the Trump presidency and all its assorted ills, including the imminent placement of ultra-conservative Amy Coney Barrett onto the Supreme Court.
Bill Maher, of course, is not the only one who pushes this false narrative above Jill Stein. But Krystal deftly demolishes it in the following must-watch segment.
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Did Third-Party Candidates Cost Hillary Clinton the Election? – Byron Tau (The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2016).
Looking for Someone to Blame? It’s Not Third Parties – Jill Stein (The Guardian, November 15, 2016).
Can They Count? – Blaming Third-Party Voters for Trump’s Win Isn’t Just Bad Politics. It’s Bad Math – Jonah Walters (Jacobin, November 29, 2016).
Jill Stein Challenges Hillary Clinton to Debate After “Russian Asset” Smear – Eoin Higgins (Common Dreams, October 18, 2019).
Investigating Jill Stein for Russian Collusion Decried as “Dangerous” and “Absurd” – Jessica Corbett (Common Dreams, December 19, 2017).
No, Ralph Nader Did Not Hand the 2000 Presidential Election to George W. Bush – Anthony Fisker (Reason, August 3, 2016).
Ralph Nader: The U.S. Political and Media System Is Designed to Obstruct and Silence Third-Party Candidates – Democracy Now! (May 10, 2016).
UPDATE: The Problem with “The Lesser of Two Evils” – Zachary Ludwick (The Uproar, November 2, 2020).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Progressive Perspectives on the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
• Progressive Perspectives on the Rise of Donald Trump
• Progressive Perspectives on the Election of Donald Trump as President
• Hold Them to Their Word
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