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still_one

(92,190 posts)
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 10:20 PM Feb 2017

Rachel Maddow: Why hasn't Jill Stein said anything about the Trump-Russia scandal?

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow called out Jill Stein for her silence on the widening Russia scandal engulfing the Trump administration.

Maddow appeared last week on Viceland’s “Desus and Mero” program, where she brought up a photo showing Stein, the Green Party candidate for president, sitting with Vladimir Putin and Michael Flynn, reported DeadState.

Flynn resigned earlier this month as national security adviser for misleading the vice president about his communications with the Russian ambassador, and other Trump advisers are under investigation for their ties to Russia.

The photo was taken in 2015, when Stein and Flynn were invited to Moscow for the 10th anniversary banquet for RT — Russia’s state-owned news network aimed at English-speaking countries.

Maddow cast suspicion on Stein’s silence over alleged Russian attempts to interfere with the election to benefit Donald Trump, who she claimed during her own campaign would govern no differently than Hillary Clinton.

“So everybody’s like, ‘Wow, how come this like super, super aggressive opposition that we saw from these third-party candidates — how come they haven’t said anything since this scandal has broken?’” Maddow said.

“I don’t know, Jill — I can’t pronounce it in Russian,” Maddow said, with apparent sarcasm. “Hope you’re really psyched about your Wisconsin vote totals.”

It’s not clear who paid for Stein’s trip to Russia in December 2015, although a former British spy claims in the infamous “golden showers” memo that the Kremlin did so indirectly.

Stein and her campaign have refused to comment on the matter.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/rachel-maddow-why-hasnt-jill-stein-said-anything-about-the-trump-russia-scandal/


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Rachel Maddow: Why hasn't Jill Stein said anything about the Trump-Russia scandal? (Original Post) still_one Feb 2017 OP
Putin... Mike Nelson Feb 2017 #1
And, why isn't it clear who paid for stein's visit to Russia? Shouldn't Cha Feb 2017 #2
Did Jill Stein release her tax returns? sagesnow Feb 2017 #3
Flynn, Putin, and ... Stein Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #4
Leaks, deaths, funding. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #5
Blah, blah, blah DURHAM D Feb 2017 #6
+1 leftstreet Feb 2017 #7
+1000 Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #9
There was so much crap on tRump that not everybody was able to dig up everything in time. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #10
Interesting huh, got a third party candidate hobnobbing with Putin, more information of Russian Thinkingabout Feb 2017 #8
desus and Mero DonCoquixote Feb 2017 #11

Cha

(297,211 posts)
2. And, why isn't it clear who paid for stein's visit to Russia? Shouldn't
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 10:27 PM
Feb 2017

it be for transparency sake?

Thank you, stillone~

sagesnow

(2,824 posts)
3. Did Jill Stein release her tax returns?
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 10:31 PM
Feb 2017

Can we follow the money from Russia into her campaigne coffers?

leftstreet

(36,108 posts)
7. +1
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 10:57 PM
Feb 2017

I didn't hear anyone talking about this when it supposedly mattered

Don't really give a shit now

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
10. There was so much crap on tRump that not everybody was able to dig up everything in time.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:35 AM
Feb 2017

Whatever amount Maddow reported in the general election campaign, others have more to answer for in the Not-Reporting Department than she.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
8. Interesting huh, got a third party candidate hobnobbing with Putin, more information of Russian
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 10:57 PM
Feb 2017

interference in our elections.

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