‘Democrats pretend to be the lesser evil’: Jill Stein on the US election
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is polling at 2% nationally, drawing attention from US voters as the ‘anti-genocide’ candidate for her opposition to US support for Israel. Her opponents in the Democratic Party label her a “spoiler” in key swing states. So what is she trying to achieve – and what does her candidacy say about the state of US democracy?
In this episode:
- Jill Stein (@DrJillStein), Green Party Presidential Candidate
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Sonia Bhagat and Chloe K. Li with Phillip Lanos, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host, Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, is this the candidate who could decide the U.S. election? |
| 0:16.0 | If you vote for either of those candidates, you are endorsing genocide and you are enabling it. |
| 0:22.2 | Do not make a deal with the devil here. |
| 0:24.7 | We actually have a way forward. |
| 0:27.3 | With just days to go before the vote, we speak to Green Party candidate Jill Stein on why she's running for president. |
| 0:36.4 | I'm Malika Bilalal and this is The Take. |
| 0:45.5 | Welcome to The Take, Dr. Stein. |
| 0:48.0 | It is really good to have you here for this conversation. |
| 0:52.6 | We are just days away from the U.S. election, an election many are calling one of the most |
| 0:59.2 | consequential of our time. |
| 1:01.8 | But you've been here before, running in 2012 and 2016. |
| 1:06.5 | This year, you are again running against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump |
| 1:11.7 | and a newer opponent, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. |
| 1:16.6 | Vice President Harris gave her closing argument this week from in front of the White House. |
| 1:21.8 | Former President Trump held one of his final rallies at the massive Madison Square Garden Arena in New York. |
| 1:29.2 | But you are a third-party candidate and a staunchly two-party system in this country. |
| 1:36.6 | So what does the week before Election Day look like for you? |
| 1:42.0 | It's an intensive week. |
| 1:45.0 | While the other candidates, the usual candidates from the political elites, have been |
| 1:53.0 | drilling their message down for the American public for just about a year, if not more, |
| 2:00.0 | they've had months and months to get their message out. |
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