The panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" cast a jaundiced eye at Green Party nominee Jill Stein's third run for the presidency by pointing to an embarrassing podcast interview she recently gave, as well as an opinion piece from Newsweek.
Two weeks ago Stein appeared in "The Breakfast Club" podcast where she was grilled by host Angela Rye and that led to longtime columnist Tom Rogers to opine that Stein "would be as responsible as anyone for re-electing Donald Trump."
After watching a clip of Stein seemingly baffled by the number of lawmakers in the House –– which led co-host Joe Scarborough to say the Green Party nominee "was only off by 150" and Mika Brzezinski to add "Omigawd" –– Rogers noted the impact Stein, who shows up to run every four years with no chance to win, can have on a tight election.
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Speaking with the hosts, Rogers was asked for the reasoning on why Stein is running for a third time.
"I don't think there is a point other than to be the spoiler," he bluntly stated. "They make the argument they represent viewpoints that need to be on the ballot to give voters a choice, even though they have no chance whatsoever of winning or no chance of even getting any electoral college votes. But it's very clear, in the case of Jill Stein, in 2016, the Russians, through their social media efforts, were very much promoting her."
Pointing out that Stein has "benefited when it comes to signature collection to get on the ballot in swing states that Republican-connected trump lawyers have been involved in their efforts," he later added, "If anybody who knows a neighbor, a friend, who says 'I don't like either candidate, I think I'm going to vote third party,' let them know they're electing Donald Trump if they do that."
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