Five reasons why this Bernie Sanders supporter cannot vote for Jill Stein

3) Jill Stein’s campaign has some issues with integrity

I don’t think it’s possible for a political party (or person) to have perfect integrity. But since one of the most common arguments for supporting Jill Stein is you can “vote for her on principle” I think it’s worth briefly addressing.

One of the biggest issues I have with Stein’s campaign is how she pretends that people can “vote their conscience” without any negative repercussions. I think this is very disingenuous because our two-party system, while flawed, is our political reality.  If you really want third parties to becomes a reality, it would make more sense to lobby your local elections bodies for instant-runoff voting. I could be wrong, but I haven’t heard Jill Stein ever talk about this. She has a clear political agenda and definitely knows how to pander (not just with her anti-science followers, but also with how quickly she jumped on frustrated Bernie Sanders supporters!)

I’m sure people will disagree on the best way to get additional political parties, but hopefully we can all agree that this next example lacked integrity. Jill Stein made a statement supporting Brexit, but then changed her mind when people called her out on it. Instead of admitting she made a mistake, she just changed her webpage and told people to clear their cache so they couldn’t see the original!

Can you imagine what would happen if Hillary Clinton did the same thing? The press would have been all over it. Also, Stein changing her answer so flippantly about a major political issue brings me to my next point.