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Sincere question as a foreigner, is there any basis to this “Jill Stein is a Russian asset” thing other than the fucked up nature of FPTP voting resulting in the US two-party system?

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ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Very much yes, we literally do not have laws restricting “donations” and “fundraising” for politicians here. I say this as someone who (embarrassingly) voted for her when I was young and uninformed many many years ago because I liked the headlines her party platform pushed. I am not sober enough to spam you with news articles at the moment but please feel free to bug me again tomorrow. If you do some of your own reading please tell me where you heard it and I will provide context as well.

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- zqps@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I don’t quite follow. You’re saying she is financed by Russia?
  
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  - ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Very much yes
    
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  - commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    there was a senate investigation. it found she was not, in fact, financed by russia.
    
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    MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Senate investigation is sadly partisan and doesn’t mean much anymore. They’ll find what they wanted to find.
    
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  - MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No one that is an American politician will be directly financed by Russia. It would always be indirect or hidden shell companies.
    
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BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
No, there isn’t.

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