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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by complaining about it? [View all]pnwmom
(110,117 posts)and to help defeat HRC.
As a retired General, Flynn had to report the $45K he received for attending Putin's little get-together. As a private citizen, Jill Stein did not.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/how-putin-played-the-far-left
Perhaps the starkest case in point is Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her constituency. In December 2015, the Kremlin feted Stein by inviting her to the gala celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Kremlin-funded propaganda network RT. Over a year later, it remains unclear who paid for Steins trip to Moscow and her accommodations there. Her campaign ignored multiple questions on this score. We do know, however, that Stein sat at the same table as both Putin and Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, Trumps soon-to-be national security adviser. She further spoke at an RT-sponsored panel, using her presence to criticize the U.S.s disastrous militarism. Afterward, straddling Moscows Red Square, Stein described the panel as inspiring, going on to claim that Putin, whom she painted as a political novice, told her he agree[d] with her on many issues.
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Green Party officials across Europe slammed a delusional Stein for her views, with leading Russian environmental activists saying they were deeply shocked by her comments during her Moscow trip.
No matter. For her efforts in burnishing Kremlin conspiracy theories for American audiences, Stein was awarded not simply with an invitation to the 2015 RT gala, but RT even hosted her partys 2016 presidential debatea move Stein hailed as a step towards real democracy. RT also covered live updates from Steins reactions to the debates between Clinton and Trump, a decision Stein further praised. This mutual affection is, naturally, of a piece with RTs broader modus operandi in the U.S.
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