Posted on 11/01/2016 5:32:44 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Actress and activist Susan Sarandon is backing Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein instead of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
In a letter published on Stein’s campaign website, Sarandon cites Clinton’s lack of support for a $15 minimum wage and her silence on the Dakota Access Pipeline as some of her reasons for not supporting the candidate.
“Fear of Donald Trump is not enough for me to support Clinton, with her record of corruption,” Sarandon’s letter reads. “Now that Trump is self-destructing, I feel even those in swing states have the opportunity to vote their conscience.”
Sarandon was a vocal champion of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) throughout the Democratic presidential primary, and was among his “Bernie or bust” supporters who said they likely wouldn’t back Clinton’s candidacy if the senator lost the primary.
She maintained this position long after Clinton was declared the winner in the delegate race, and protested at the Democratic National Convention alongside Sanders delegates upset with how the party committee had treated the senator.
By supporting Stein ― who is polling around 2.1 percent nationally ― Sarandon is breaking with Sanders himself.
“This is not the time for a protest vote, in terms of a presidential campaign,” he said in September. “This is time to elect Hillary Clinton and then work after the election to mobilize millions of people to make sure she can be the most progressive president she can be.”
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We need Jill Stein to get 3-5% in some key states.
I don’t believe that Susan Sarandon will NOT vote for Shrillary. It’s all a publicity stunt.
Or stay home instead of voting for Hillary.
Then how does this stunt help Hillary in any way????
Your theory makes no sense.
Not going to happen. She'll be lucky to top 1% overall and 2% in any one, very liberal state.
Concern troll = CTR.
So Hillary will only win California by 2 million votes
Great post!
I’ve been waiting for Susan to give us all her sage wisdom.
According to this definition my theory is perfectly plausible.
My democrat sister in law just threw Hillary under the bus for Jill Stein. There’s hope.
Stein has said the Donal is a better Choice than Clinton. On C-Span I think a couple of weeks ago. In the video, she says that “Donald Trump is better” and that “Hillary Clinton more likely is start nuclear war.” She also goes on to say that Donald Trump wants to seek a peaceful route with Russia rather than basically declaring an air war on them by trying to create a no fly zone over Syria.
She practically endorsed Trump!
Huh?
Cue the pic of thelma and louise over the canyon....
Splitting up the skank vote.
Donna Brazile needs to be bounced from the DNC Chair position and replaced with Sarandon. The only way for the party to retain a shred of credibility is for them to back Jill Stein. Whether you agree with her or not, I can’t see Jill cheating in debates or forcing subordinates to stockpile and hide her e-mail stash from the FBI.
Her actual vote in the booth is unimportant. What is important is that she could sway voters away from Hillary to Stein.
I think the Green Party is going to do better in some States then the ‘L’ Party.
...they simply didn't count on the amount of moonbats that flew out of the batcave that actually bought the shtick and voted for Bernie.
....so they had to up their own(con)game and steal it from Bernie and his(sucker)supporters.
As former Bush supporters, many of us can relate.
We wised-up(Jeb)...will they?
If they are true believers...Jill Stein is their only candidate, otherwise they are the hollywood/academia brain-fornicated automatons we all thought they were.
:)
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