Jill Stein in Joint Green Party interview with Stein and Baraka


On Crime: Black Lives Matter movement is a vital & logical response

The left-leaning ticket addressed pervasive racism. Stein cast the Black Lives Matter movement as a vital and logical response to the repeated deaths of African-Americans at the hands of police and violence disproportionately claiming the lives of people of color. "We're seeing a new tragedy unfold almost on a daily basis, so this is a crisis," Stein said, clarifying the crisis is the broader continuation of "racial injustice" in society.

She called for a raft of measures to combat police violence, including civilian review boards and independent investigators. She also called for a "truth and reconciliation commission" of the kind created in post-Apartheid South Africa, where the country attempted to grapple with its racist history. She said she wanted the US to reckon with its historic and systemic racism with the goal of eliminating disparities in income and health by race.

Source: Eli Watkins, CNN, joint interview of Stein and Baraka Aug 17, 2016

On Homeland Security: Peace offensive: shut down bases, F-35, & Saudi funding

Stein's recounting of the US' "War on Terror" was one of a protracted and brutal failure: "We have a track record now of fighting terrorism--this track record is not looking so good," Stein said. "We have killed a million people in Iraq alone."

After recounting the toll in money and human life the US' counterterror efforts, Stein said: "What do we have to show for this? Failed states, mass refugee migrations and repeated terrorist threats."

Stein called for a full rethinking of the War on Terror: "We are calling for a new kind of offensive, a peace offensive in the Middle East," Stein said. The "peace offensive" would include an embargo on weapons sales and a freeze on funding to states that support "jihadi terrorist enterprises," she said, pointing to Saudi Arabia in particular. She called for a massive cut in military spending, including the closure of many bases, a shutdown of the F-35 program and not moving forward with the modernization of the US nuclear weapons program.

Source: Eli Watkins, CNN, joint interview of Stein and Baraka Aug 17, 2016

On Principles & Values: Outreach to Bernie Sanders voters

In this election cycle, the mainstream nominees have achieved historically poor favorability ratings from voters nationwide. Stein has seized on this point and focused her message on disaffected progressive voters in particular, reserving her sharpest critiques for Clinton. The Green Party nominee has said she hopes to reignite and build upon the "political revolution" of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Despite her outreach to Sanders' supporters, Stein has been largely ignored--even after years' worth of effort--by Sanders himself. With that in mind, Stein and Baraka spent Wednesday evening hoping to win over a national audience.

Source: Eli Watkins, CNN, joint interview of Stein and Baraka Aug 17, 2016

On Principles & Values: Hillary Clinton is untrustworthy, but "too big to jail"

Stein made clear, as she has her entire campaign, that she believes Clinton is not an acceptable choice for president. Stein hit her from the left, but she also made the case against Clinton on matters of trust.

She implied Clinton was so well-connected as to be above the law. With regard to the former secretary of state's email controversy, Stein called Clinton "too big to jail."

Compounding her concerns with Clinton's character and alleged impropriety, Stein hit Clinton's record on foreign policy. "I do have serious questions about Hillary's judgment, her safeguarding of national security information and above all, her trustworthiness in the job where she will have her finger on the button," Stein said.

Source: Eli Watkins, CNN, joint interview of Stein and Baraka Aug 17, 2016

On War & Peace: Pro-war means anti-feminist

Stein criticized Clinton's brand of feminism, by casting the Democrat as pro-war, and therefore anti-woman. "The war effort that Hillary has especially been the engine behind--to my mind, that's just not compatible with what my view of feminism is, that has a responsibility, not just to your own family, but to all families and to the human family," she said.
Source: Eli Watkins, CNN, joint interview of Stein and Baraka Aug 17, 2016

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