Today, the DNC released a new ad reminding voters Jill Stein is an unapologetic spoiler for Donald Trump. With the support of Trump, his former personal lawyer Jay Sekulow, MAGA allies, and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke, Stein could help hand the 2024 election to Trump — just like she and Vladimir Putin did in 2016. 

Last week, David Duke endorsed Stein — saying he carefully considered what was “good for white people, Europeans” when deciding who to endorse and called it “one of most important statements that [he has] ever made politically.” 

The ad, “Company They Keep,” will run in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and on cable nationwide. The DNC is unrelenting in reminding voters that Stein is a spoiler candidate. This newest ad follows the successful launch of “Crucial,” the DNC’s first television spot calling out Stein. 

DNC Senior Advisor Mary Beth Cahill released the following statement: 

“Jill Stein, David Duke, and Vladimir Putin may make odd bedfellows, but they all have one common goal — to beat Vice President Harris and put Donald Trump back in the White House. We all know Stein helped hand Trump the White House in 2016. She had no regrets, and she wants to do it again. This time, Trump and his MAGA allies are openly boosting her. Don’t be played for a fool by a former KKK grand wizard and a Russian dictator — a vote for Stein is a vote for Trump.” 

“COMPANY THEY KEEP”

TRANSCRIPT: 

You can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep. 

Like Jill Stein — Stein isn’t sorry about swinging the 2016 election to Trump, and now she’s being helped by MAGA allies and Trump’s former lawyer. 

Long-time Klan leader David Duke endorsed her. 

And like Trump, she’s cozied up to Vladimir Putin.

Jill Stein. Look at her friends because a vote for Stein is a vote for Trump. 

Just ask Putin. 

DONALD TRUMP: “Jill Stein. I like her very much.” 

KAMALA HARRIS: “I’m Kamala Harris and I approve this message.”

BACKGROUND 

In 2016, Jill Stein helped Donald Trump win the election. She won 132,000 votes in the decisive swing states — Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — while Trump’s margin of victory was just 77,000 votes in those same states. 

When confronted about being a spoiler for Trump, Stein remained unapologetic and said she doesn’t have second thoughts. She has said it’s a “badge of honor” to be blamed for Trump’s 2016 victory and considers it a “great honor” to be compared to Ralph Nader and his spoiler campaign. Her campaign surrogates admit she has no path to victory and that their top priority is stopping Kamala Harris. 

Reporting from The Wall Street Journal and Salon revealed how the Stein campaign used a Republican consulting firm to help her get on the ballot, and in a recent court case in Nevada, Stein was represented by Trump’s former personal attorney, Jay Sekulow. 

Stein has had troubling ties to Vladimir Putin and her spoiler campaign benefitted from a Russian disinformation campaign in 2016. A Senate Intelligence Committee report found that Russian social media efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election included messaging in support of Stein. Additionally, the Mueller Report found that the Kremlin’s Internet Research Agency used social media, including paid Facebook ads, to promote Stein’s candidacy.On June 22, 2024, Trump held a rally in Philadelphia, PA where he said “Jill Stein, I like her very much. You know why? She takes 100% from them.”