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Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is engaged in a no-holds-barred social media fight with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, after the young congresswoman called Stein “predatory” and inauthentic for “just showing up once every four years” to disrupt Democrats’ election plans.
Hey y’all, this is a little spicy but I had thoughts about @AOC calling me and the Green Party “not authentic” and “predatory.” pic.twitter.com/F1jniwO77X
— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) September 3, 2024
Never one to be upstaged, 74-year old Stein clapped back with a video attacking AOC for misleading her voters about the Democrats’ Israel stance. The fight ostensibly centres on Stein posing a spoiler threat and Ocasio-Cortez selling out her progressive base, but the real bad blood is more personal. AOC soared to national fame in 2018 while making the Green New Deal her signature issue, but according to Stein, she “appropriated” this issue from the Green Party without providing any credit. And what’s the point of advancing one’s policy goals if this doesn’t bring about personal fame and glory? Will Stein spoil another election for the Democrats?
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