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Cali_Democrat

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Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:49 AM Aug 2016

Jill Stein in Moscow criticized US human rights, said nothing about Russian human rights



Green party Jill Stein, who has expressed skepticism about the safety of vaccinations and wifi, has found another thing in the world that she finds dangerous: America.

And Stein decided to go to Moscow last winter to share her concerns.

And, what do you know, she’s happy to report she found an audience that agrees with her!

Stein’s report from Moscow is in the video below. She went to attend a conference hosted by the Russian state propaganda organ. In a sign of how much important Moscow put on the conference, Putin himself joined Stein and other attendees for dinner.

From Moscow, Stein noted that we “need to rein in US exceptionalism, and totally reform and revise our foreign policy so that it is based on international law, human rights and diplomacy.” Making those comments from Moscow, at this time, is rather unconventional, unless you work for Donald Trump.

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She added, “we’ve seen that vision really resonate here.”

Oh I bet you did.

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Stein has nothing negative to say about Russian foreign policy, or Russia’s horrific lack of respect for human rights — Putin has journalists and other opponents killed. And we all know the way Putin treats LGBT people. Yet Jill Stein had nothing to say about any of that. She was too focused on criticizing the US at a conference put together by the Kremlin’s propaganda agency.

Heckuva job, Jill.

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http://americablog.com/2016/08/jill-stein-moscow-criticized-us-human-rights-said-nothing-russian-human-rights.html
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Jill Stein in Moscow criticized US human rights, said nothing about Russian human rights (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Aug 2016 OP
I heard that she'll be doing a televised Town Hall soon. sarae Aug 2016 #1

sarae

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1. I heard that she'll be doing a televised Town Hall soon.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 12:02 PM
Aug 2016

I hope someone asks her how she feels about Russian foreign policy and their human rights track record. It should be interesting to see how she spins her answer to not make herself look incredibly hypocritical.

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