Democrats are making a new argument to voters in battleground states, arguing that a vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein will only help elect former President Trump.
advertisement released Thursday said Stein was “key” to Trump's 2016 victory in the battleground state and sealed his presidency, something he said he has “no regrets about.” interview She wrote a piece for Newsweek magazine in September in which she said she wanted to disown Vice President Harris from the White House.
“That's why a vote for Stein is actually a vote for Trump,” the narrator says.
The ad depicts a photo of Stein slowly morphing into a photo of Trump. It also includes a comment Trump made about Stein at a rally in June: “I really like her.” Do you know why? She's getting 100 percent from them,” he said, referring to Democrats.
The ad aired in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, the three states that elected Trump president in 2016, and is likely to help decide the winner again this year, and will also air on cable channels across the country. I plan to
Democrats have long argued that a vote for Mr. Stein or any other third-party candidate would amount to a spoiler, handing the presidency to Mr. Trump. The Democratic National Committee (DNC), which paid for the ads, has a special team. concentrated About pushing back on third-party and independent candidates who could take votes away from Ms. Harris.
Stein is generally received Most polls give just 1 percent of the vote, but every vote can matter, especially in an election that's expected to be as close as the polls suggest.
Stein is running for president for the third time, having previously served as the Green Party's candidate in 2012 and 2016.
“Just like in 2016, Jill Stein won't win the presidency, but she will help decide who takes the presidency. Donald Trump has given her the keys to the White House. “That's why he praises her spoiler candidacy and why his MAGA allies are working to support her campaign,” DNC Senior Advisor Mary Beth said. Cahill said in a statement regarding the ad. “The stakes in this election are too high to allow Mr. Stein to undermine it.”
Stein argued that Democrats cannot win the election and called on the party to change its stance on the war between Israel and Hamas so as not to alienate voters, especially Muslim and Arab-American voters.
The Hill has reached out to Stein's camp for comment.
