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That's not what she says about sitting there at the head table in December 2015. https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/democracy-now/clip/why-jill-stein-attended-moscow-dinner-with-putin-and-flynn
Also, it's kind of a weird coincidence that that russian propaganda just happened to launch a pro Jill campaign that helped take votes away from Clinton the following year. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russians-launched-pro-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-trump-n951166 (Not saying Jill is necessarily a russian asset, but Putin still used her for his advantage.)
it wasn't the head table.
My bad. I called it the head table because that's what both the reporter and Jill said in the interview.
really? can you link that? i've been arguing about this irrelevant photo for over half a decade and this is the first i've heard it was the head table.
yup no problem, it's in my above comment. https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/democracy-now/clip/why-jill-stein-attended-moscow-dinner-with-putin-and-flynn
I'm not trying to say she was necessarily a russian asset, but Putin did seem to use her to his advantage to help trump, which is something Putin is pretty good at.
damn. i have watched that interview a dozen times and missed that it was the head table. what i did hear (and transcribed just now while watching it) was:
"war has failed in the middle east"
"we need a peace offensive"
"there was no interpreter"
"no introductions were made"
"it was a chance to lift up a different point of view about US ... as well as Russian foreign policy."
"I spent the dinner talking to the german diplomat"
"i wasn't paid a penny."
"i declined sponsorship"
"nothing happened at that dinner"
"that picture circulates without a single fact"
"i was there with a number of peace advocates"
i'm sure you can understand how i found it forgettable that it was the head table, and i hope you can forgive my assertion that it was not.
No problem, all in all it's a pretty minor detail that doesn't change anything anyway. Like I said, I don't think she was acting under Putin's orders, just that he (and his propaganda machine) jumped on the chance to take advantage of things to help the Orange guy.
She didn't take any votes from Clinton, that's not how voting works. We would not have voted for Clinton even if there was no one else on the ballot.