Tonight at a rally in Pittsburgh, PA, Donald Trump endorsed Green Party spoiler  candidate Jill Stein, saying, “I love the Green Party. Jill Stein… she may be one of my favorite politicians.” 

It’s not the first time he’s said such a thing. At a rally in Philadelphia, PA this summer, Trump said, “Jill Stein, I like her very much. You know why? She takes 100% from them.” 

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In response, DNC Senior Advisor Adrienne Watson released the following statement: 

“Donald Trump knows that Jill Stein is his key to the White House — that’s why he praises her spoiler candidacy and why his MAGA allies are working to prop up her campaign. The stakes of this election are too high to allow Stein to spoil it. The DNC will make sure voters know that a vote for anyone other than Vice President Harris is a vote for Trump.” 

Here are all the Republicans who have propped up Jill Stein’s candidacy:  

GOP lawyers and operatives have helped Stein’s campaign with ballot access litigation — including Trump’s former personal lawyer, Jay Sekulow, and an attorney involved in a lawsuit trying to overturn the 2020 election, Michael Dean. 

Wall Street Journal: “Former Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow, who worked on the defense team in one of the former president’s impeachments, was among those representing the Green Party in efforts to get Stein back on the Nevada ballot…” 

Forbes: “[Sekulow] has long aligned himself with former President Donald Trump and worked as his personal lawyer when he was in the White House, including representing the then-president during his 2020 impeachment trial and in the Mueller investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign.”

Wisconsin Examiner: “The Green Party was represented [in Wisconsin] by Brookfield attorney Michael Dean, who regularly works with Wisconsin Republicans.” 

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “[Dean] has long been involved in conservative legal fights and last year was part of a lawsuit that claimed without evidence that voting machines were hacked by foreigners.” 

At least two GOP-aligned super PACs are urging voters in the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia to support spoiler candidate Stein in an attempt to siphon off votes from Vice President Harris. 

Politico: “A Republican-aligned super PAC is sending texts in Georgia telling voters to ‘Join The Movement For Equality’ and vote for Jill Stein — a sign some Republicans believe her candidacy could harm Kamala Harris’ chances in the battleground. American Environmental Justice PAC, which filed with the Federal Election Committee on Oct. 1, is urging voters to back the Green Party candidate. […] The PAC is at least the second pro-Stein, GOP-backed entity of its kind operating in an electoral battleground that has emerged in recent days: CNN reported that Badger Values is backing Stein with robocalls in Wisconsin.”

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Badger Values PAC, based in Houston, Texas, has reported spending more than $1.5 million since Oct. 18 on digital ads, mailers and phone calls supporting Stein and opposing Harris. […] The super PAC has also been tied to a robocall scheme to boost votes for Stein and siphon votes from Harris in Wisconsin and Michigan.”

GOP operatives and consulting firms — including one operated by someone who attended the January 6 attacks on the Capitol — helped Stein with signature collection to gain ballot access. 

Wall Street Journal: “Federal Election Commission records show Stein paid $100,000 in July to a consulting outfit that has worked with Republican campaigns, as well as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid. The [ballot access] firm, Accelevate, is operated by Trent Pool. The Intercept reported that he appeared to be part of the mob that breached the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.”

Associated Press: “Jefferson Thomas, a longtime Republican operative from Colorado, submitted petition signatures that his firm, The Synapse Group, gathered on behalf of Stein in New Hampshire, records show.” 

Jill Stein has previously embraced being boosted by Republicans: 

Stein and her campaign said she saw “no issue” joining forces with Republicans and would “take the help.” 

Wall Street Journal: “Stein, who used to practice internal medicine, told the Journal she saw no issue joining forces with Republicans […].  All that is beside the point, according to Stein.”  

CBS News: “‘We’re going to take the help that’s available to us,’ said Jason Call, Jill Stein’s campaign manager… ‘We understand that Republicans are going to want to help us for their own reasons…’” 

Jason Call, @CallForCongress: “A lawyer stepped up to take the case. They are Republicans. You know what? I do not give a fuck.”

Republicans praise Jill Stein’s candidacy: 

Trump praised Stein’s spoiler candidacy for years, saying he likes her “very much” because “she takes 100% from them.”

Donald Trump at Pennsylvania Rally in June: “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%.”

Washington Examiner: “‘Crooked Hillary Clinton just called the respected environmentalist and Green Party candidate, Jill Stein, a ‘Russian Asset.’ They need a Green Party more than ever after looking at the Democrats disastrous environmental program!’ Trump said.”

Steve Bannon admitted that “the path to victory here is clearly maximizing the reach of these left-wing alternatives,” adding, “the more exposure these guys get, the better it is for us.”

New York Times: ​​“In the multicandidate race, Mr. Trump led by a single percentage point; Mr. Biden led Mr. Trump by three percentage points in a hypothetical head-to-head race. ‘The path to victory here is clearly maximizing the reach of these left-wing alternatives,’ said Stephen K. Bannon, the former White House chief strategist who also served as Mr. Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016. ‘No Republican knows that oil production under Biden is higher than ever. But Jill Stein’s people do,’ added Mr. Bannon. ‘Stein is furious about the oil drilling. The college kids are furious about it. The more exposure these guys get, the better it is for us.’”

MAGA activist and GOP operative Scott Presler said it was his goal to gain ballot access for Stein in Pennsylvania.

New York Times: “Other Trump supporters are trying to help third-party and independent candidates with the expensive and arduous process of gathering the signatures needed to get on state ballots. Scott Presler, the conservative activist whom Lara Trump said she wanted as an early hire at the Republican National Committee, publicly reached out on social media to Ms. Stein and Cornel West, a left-wing academic who is running for president as an independent, to offer his help in collecting signatures to get them on the ballot.”