Former KKK leader David Duke endorses Jill Stein

Unfortunately if I name this person there’s a good likelihood this discussion gets removed since the rules prohibit calling out bad faith actors, even the painstakingly obvious ones. So I’ll leave you with this: you needn’t look far to find that which you seek.

=)

Solid plan.

and be sure to save this too:

Stein’s campaign says it wants nothing to do with Duke, the former American Nazi Party member

Stein’s campaign manager, Jason Call, disavowed the endorsement and called Duke “trash.”

Omg 😱 you might be onto something!

Or some people just don't agree with the echo chamber. Just because they don't change their minds and vote differently than others, doesn't mean it's in bad faith. Thanks! :)

Ah so you were late to /c/politics. Well I suppose we all have busy days at work sometimes. You’ll get ‘em next time champ.

Fake* Satanist

ERMAGHERD dat typo!

Who the hell would change their vote from Harris to Stein based on an endorsement from a former Ku Klux Klan leader?!

I think it's fairly obvious who the more fascist candidate is here. I think it says something that Trump is too fascist for Cheney.

Also, shoving Stein's words in her face doesn't mean OP agrees with those words, just that Stein's words are particularly problematic at the moment.

Yeah, 100%. Because it's ironic.

Yes, because they understand what a threat to their own existence Trump is. They are doing it out of self interest.

David Duke just likes Jill Stein's views lmao.

You ding dongs just lazily skim headlines, post as perceived support for your argument and don't realize that the article content just highlights how laughable your stated position is - the article that you posted basically talks about these generally horrible people tried everything they could to get on board with trump's horseshit through their well developed deny/lie skillset... and they couldn't. Them supporting a Harris vote speaks more to the failure of trump to state any rational coherent plan that these evil selfish cowards could get on board with. These fuckers want the USA to live so they can try to fuck it again in the future, so they endorse the adult in the room.

republicans needs Democrats to rebuild the jenga board every other election cycle so they can have something to headbutt on their next turn. trump wants to take the already toppled board, shove a few pieces up his ass and set the rest on fire Bertie flipping the entire table. Then he wants to make you walk the floor covered in broken, flaming Jenga blocks barefoot. And during all of this, kid rock music is playing VERY LOUD.

Dems are going to jettison their entire green energy platform and blame Jill Stein.

I put on my robe and wizard hat.

His hat is whack

Stein stans refusing to engage with this screencap while also arguing that it's okay because Stein disavowed Duke's endorsement:

What exactly is the goal you think they share and how does his endorsement advance that goal?

What a load of bullshit.

Absolute bullshit

lololol sure.

Yep!

That's OK. If it gives a few more people one more reason not to vote Jill Stein, I'll take it.

In this recent case, yes. I never made a statement one way or the other on that in my comment, though. Being the type of person he is, he has the choice of being either serious or unserious with his endorsements. Putin does the same thing when he makes some sort of open statement regarding who he would prefer to win the election.

I was ahead of the curve and liked Ron Paul in early 2008. He made some damn good points about the housing market back in 2007. Turns out he was right and the market collapsed.

That bought him some credibility, but then the Tea Party happened. It was ugly enough that I took a harder look at Paul.

The thought process is "do I really want to be a part of a system that the KKK has decided furthers/aligns with goals etc"

If something is good for racists it's probably worth a critical examination.

It was quite a bit more complicated than that, of course. That was just the first catalyst that sent me down a new road.

She can't win, but she's on enough ballots to affect the outcome. I assume she knows this and either directly wants Trump to win or is so twisted around with hatred for the Democratic party she doesn't care that hurting them hurts the entire country.

This. Actually this. This right here.

There's an argument to be made about broken clocks, but sometime the answer is simpler than that. "Have I become the asshole?" It's not fun to run into that, and I have on multiple occasions. You have to be aware of your biases, and check them on occasion in case they've drifted while you're not paying attention.

Yeah maybe he's pulling a putin here and we'll find out he donated to the trump campaign. But Jill Stein is such a weird pick.

IMO, if I had to make a theory on it I would guess he's trying to pull anti-democrat "leftist" activists into racist conspiracy holes as Jimmy Dore, RFK Junior, and Tulsi Gabbard have all shown that's a pathway to a trump bullshit.

she already rejected it before the article was published. it's in the article

I agree, but did you say the same when racists endorsed Trump?

What? That's never been the case in any election. The parties only get candidates to ~40% or so. And turnout is far more impactful than people crossing party lines.

Even under the (completely unreal) philosophy that turnout is fixed and that every single voter has a default party, that still wouldn't mean you need the other party's voters. One of the parties will have >50%.

You can also appeal to the disaffected Leftists jumping ship, or the non-voters. You don't need to campaign to the right of your predecessor.

So why did Jill Stein reject David Duke's endorsement?

Dems already have the other party's candidate.

Dude endorses Trump back to back for past two election cycles and suddenly swings as far as he can in the opposite direction? Seems believable /s

Your link does not say it was a joke. It only suggests it was.

And Harris is proud of her Dick Cheney endorsement. Which she worked hard to receive by appeasing the war crime blood lords.

David Duke ran the Portland Police Bureau!?

I don’t think Bush weighed in this election season, did he? I was pretty sure he sat this one out so far as endorsements and public statements of support go.

That explains why they support her, it doesn't explain why Harris is bragging about that endorsement and campaigning with him. Especially when her main message is saving democracy and he's the guy that actually stole an election.

I don't give af what their reasons are Dick Cheney is one of the worst people on the planet. It is easy not to stand by him. But I'm fine with voting third party this point. I don't want to be allies with liberals who will throw anyone under the bus to retain comfort.

Yes, David Duke is a cringe edge lord!

All the way down to lying about voting for a third party instead of for MAGA.