In its first digital ad campaign calling out Jill Stein and Cornel West as MAGA spoilers, the DNC reminds young voters that these candidates have no path to victory and will only help put Donald Trump back in the White House. 

The ads spotlight Trump’s own words at a rally in Pennsylvania this year: “Cornel West. He’s one of my favorite candidates. […] Jill Stein, I like her very much. You know why? She takes 100% from them.” They will run on Instagram and YouTube in Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Arizona through Election Day.  

ICYMI: Associated Press: Democrats go after Jill Stein, Cornel West in digital ads aimed at young voters

By: Jonathan J. Cooper 

• Democrats are spending about $500,000 for a last-minute push to persuade voters in battleground states to reject third-party candidates Jill Stein and Cornel West, warning a vote for them will help Republican Donald Trump.
• The Democratic National Committee said Monday that the digital ads will run on Instagram and YouTube, targeting younger voters and college campuses.
• They use video of Trump from a June rally in Philadelphia, when he said: “Cornel West. He’s one of my favorite candidates, Cornel West. And I like her also, Jill Stein, I like her very much. You know why? She takes 100% from them. He takes 100%.”
• Stung by narrow losses in 2000 and 2016 that they blame in part on support for Green Party nominees, Democrats have put a major emphasis this year on discouraging left-leaning voters from backing third-party candidates.
• Stein was the Green Party nominee in 2016 and won 132,000 votes across Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Democrat Hillary Clinton lost by a combined 77,000 votes in those states.
• “We want them to lose,” [Stein’s campaign manager Jason Call] said of the Democratic ticket. 
• [He] argued the consequences of sending another Democrat to the White House “will be worse than Trump.”