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[quote=Anonymous]I have wondered what Jill Stein's motivation is in pushing for a recount in the three states that Hillary lost unexpectedly and raising millions of dollars to fund it.

Keep in mind that she was sharply critical of Hillary during the campaign and more significantly, the votes that were cast for Stein together and Johnson in these states played a role in ensuring Trump's victory in these states quite apart from the votes in states like FL and OH for third party candidates.

For example, in MI Trump won by approximately 12K votes but Stein got 51K votes!

So we now have Stein - who may have helped cost Hillary the election - urging a recount and getting Democrats to contribute in the millions on a recount effort that has little chance of succeeding.

But what it does do for Stein and the Green Party is to provide them with a list of potential donors in future elections since each of these Democrats donating to the recount effort can count on receiving future requests for money - and she also gets perhaps some goodwill for making the effort to disqualify Trump.

In the meantime, she keeps raising her target for fund raising for the recount - it started at $2 million + to $4 million + and today she has raised her target to $7 million.

Also, from her website, note the potential use of the funds:

[i]"These recounts are part of an election integrity movement to attempt to shine a light on just how untrustworthy the U.S. election system is.

All money raised goes toward recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. We hope to do recounts in all three states. If we only raise sufficient money for two, we will demand recounts in two states. If we only raise enough money for one, we will demand a recount in one state.

We cannot guarantee a recount will happen in any of these states we are targeting. We can only pledge we will demand recounts in those states.

If we raise more than what's needed, the surplus will also go toward election integrity efforts and to promote voting system reform."[/i]

[url]https://jillstein.nationbuilder.com/recount[/url]

I think she is playing Democrats for suckers![/quote]

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