JILL STEIN
Jill Stein Is a MAGA Accomplice and Russian Asset
Jill Stein may brand herself as a progressive, but nothing could be further from the truth. Stein’s record proves that she’s a climate fraud and willing accomplice in MAGA and Russia’s efforts to sway the election away from Democrats. Stein is a known spoiler candidate who will do whatever it takes to put Donald Trump back in the White House.
- Jill Stein is a climate fraud who personally benefits from oil and gas leases, including the Keystone XL pipeline.
- Jill Stein is a Russian asset who cultivated a relationship with Vladimir Putin and was caught red-handed dining with Putin ahead of the 2016 election which she spoiled for Democrats.
- Jill Stein is a hypocrite on health care and holds stock in companies that bankrolled Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade.
- Jill Stein is a puppet for Donald Trump and MAGA allies have been public about how her candidacy will help them deliver the White House to Trump.
- Jill Stein undermined our democracy by calling into question the validity of elections and parroting baseless talking points from the right wing about non-existent voter fraud.
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Russia
- Jill Stein joined MAGA extremist Michael Flynn for a sitdown dinner with Vladimir Putin in Moscow ahead of the 2016 election.
- Jill Stein has also been exposed for secretly meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
- Jill Stein was supported by Russia in 2016, and Internet Research Agency, the firm run by a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, tweeted the phrase ‘Jill Stein’ over 1,000 times around the time of the election, and and Stein touted their propaganda in return
- Jill Stein amplifies Vladimir Putin’s talking points on the invasion of Ukraine by claiming that Russia was “provoked.”
Attacks Against Progressives and Democrats
- While refusing to criticize Donald Trump, Stein has wrongfully attacked President Biden despite the fact that Trump’s Supreme Court is responsible for overturning Roe.
- Jill Stein makes false claims and attacks about Joe Biden’s landmark climate investment law.
- While again refusing to criticize Trump’s involvement in the January 6th attacks, Jill Stein believes that Democrats are fascist and pose a threat to democracy.
- Jill Stein lies and attacks Democrats for expanding the Affordable Care Act and reforming prescription drug pricing. : She lies about Biden strengthening the power of Medicare, saying, “Once again, Biden is proving more Trumpian than Trump.”
Spoiler Candidate
- Megyn Kelly cheered Stein on as a spoiler: “Go, Jill, go! You go sister…We knew that she was a spoiler, but going back and reading just how big of a spoiler is interesting. In 2016, Stein drew 1.4 million votes nationally as the Green Party nominee.”
- Charlie Kirk said Trump would be President today if Stein were on the ballot in 2020: “Biden's math gets messy when you introduce a Jill Stein…The Green Party was not on the ballot in 2020. It was not on the ballot in Georgia...there was no Green Party in Wisconsin. No Green Party in Pennsylvania…if the Green Party would have been on the ballot, Donald Trump would still be President.”
- Steve Bannon said Stein is key to Trump’s path to victory: “The path to victory here is clearly maximizing the reach of these left-wing alternatives…No Republican knows that oil production under Biden is higher than ever. But Jill Stein’s people do. … Stein is furious about the oil drilling…The more exposure these [third-party candidates] get, the better it is for us.”
- Jill Stein acknowledged that Trump needs a spoiler candidate: “Trump wants a 2016 rerun.”
- Donald Trump praised Jill Stein at a rally in Pennsylvania: “Cornel West—he’s one of my favorite candidates. I like her also—Jill Stein. You know why? She takes 100% from them. He takes 100%. Kennedy—probably 50-50.”
Undermining Democracy
- Stein participated in a press conference with election fraud whistleblower Clint Curtis and others.
- Stein promoted a website regarding the ‘stolen election’ where visitors could sign a ‘pledge of action’ and ‘report a violation.’
- In Michigan during the 2016 election, Stein requested a recount of nearly 4.8 million ballots cast for president despite no evidence of election fraud.
- In Wisconsin, Stein demanded a full recount of votes, casting doubt on the electoral process and resulting in an additional 131 votes for Donald Trump being counted.
- In a 2016 interview on Fox News, Stein claimed vote counting machines were “extremely unreliable” and made false claims about a 90,000 ballot miscount in Ohio.
- In Pennsylvania, Stein sowed doubt about the security of new voting machines which led to disruptions of preparation for the 2020 election.
- Stein downplayed Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. Election: ‘I think it would be naive to think that Russia did not try to interfere. Certainly that’s what the United States does.”
- A federal judge denied Stein's request to decertify Pennsylvania voting machines, saying the allegations were ‘baseless and irrational.’
In a March 2024 op-ed, Don Millis, the chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, accused Stein of pushing a ‘false conspiracy theory’ that voting machines “could be hacked in favor of one party or the other.”