Since Hillary didn’t want to prove that Trump was right to not say he wouldn’t oppose the results, they had to come up with a plan b to request recounts. Enter Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate. https://t.co/eWnu4AlP2I
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We tried to convince the Clinton team to do recounts, but it didn't work. Then, David Jefferson came up with a new idea. He realized that in many states, any candidate can request a recount. We found Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, who agreed to help. Jill has a history of supporting election integrity and had about 1% of the vote. Her willingness to assist was a crucial moment for our efforts.
Speaker 0: We had a number of conversations trying to convince the Clinton people to move ahead with recounts, but it didn't seem like we were ever going to get there. But then we had a new idea, this time from David Jefferson, another election integrity advocate. His idea was his wonderful insight was that actually in many states, any candidate can request a recount. And although you might think we're a 2 party system in the US, there are third parties. In fact, we identified 1 third party, Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, and Jill, we had a conversation with her culminating in a talk on the 22nd where She unbelievably was willing to help.
Jill has a long history of, being a champion of election integrity. She was on the ballot in most states. She ended up winning about 1% of the vote, not really all that much, but still enough, and most importantly, she was willing to help. This was an absolutely pivotal moment for the entire effort.
