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| Jill Stein - Green Party candidate for President 2012 , 2016 |
What, Jill Stein has to do with Trump Jr.’s meeting last summer with the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya is not very clear at all, as the Senate Committee provided no context for its demands, which are to be honored by August 2, 2017. A request for an explanation to Stein’s former campaign manager remains unanswered and though she is active on Twitter, Stein has made no acknowledgment on that social media network of her name’s appearance in or is relevant to the Trump Jr. inquest.
None of this, of course, prevented some on Twitter from rejoicing at the idea that Stein was herself the subject of investigation. The joy is premature but understandable. Stein’s self-righteousness exasperated many supporters of Hillary, as did her portrayal of Clinton as effectively no better a choice for true liberals than Donald Trump himself. Some have blamed Stein for “spoiling” the election, doing for Clinton what her fellow progressive Ralph Nader had done 17 years before for to Al Gore. Her demand for a recount—a demand for which she reaped $7 million in donations—struck some as a pointless publicity ploy.
Having been a supporter of Stein I do feel she did it to gain publicity but for a righteous cause. Though it may be another 100 years before an off party candidate wins the election Stein has paved the way in a sense for this opportunity. Jill Stein ran for president in 2012 and in 2016. Prior to those runs, she had run for governor in Massachusets in 2012 and again in 2010. We will follow this story as it builds!
