Jill Stein has picked Ajamu Baraka to be her running mate

[oberliner]

Dr. Stein made it official Monday on Twitter, saying she was "Honored to announce human rights champion Ajamu Baraka as my VP running mate!"

On Baraka's personal website, he is described as having "roots" in "the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles." He was, until 2011, the Founding Executive Director of the US Human Rights Network. His work has been primarily in the humanitarian sector, and he has partnered with Amnesty International in the past. He is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.

Posting for informational purposes only.

[brooklynite]

1. With that ticket, I predict they'll DOUBLE their vote...to 1.3%

[vdogg]

4. ...

[woolldog]

5. Stein is hurting Hillary in Georgia.

2% in the latest poll.

[onehandle]

12. On Election Day the Libertarian vote will hurt Trump far more than the Greennuts will hurt Hillary.

Bet on it.

[woolldog]

13. I *know* that but that's not the point.

Point is that HRC could win GA if she could persuade these Stein voters and more AAs.

[Demsrule86]

16. Stein is a spoiler. It is what the Greens do...they suck on all levels. nt

[GulfCoast66]

18. Nope.

The less than 2% of the electorate who vote for her are, by definition, unhinged.

They are more likely to vote for trump and are dead to us.

Pandering to them will cost more than it gains.

They will get nothing and like it.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Noted and filed. nt

[DLCWIdem]

3. oh too bad, Nina Turner. guess JS didn't want to wait for an answer

[Zynx]

6. Good for her. I don't give a rip.

May she get less than 1% of the vote when we get to November.

[Expecting Rain]

8. Has she even "won" the nomination yet?

Or is she pulling a Ted Cruz-Carly Fiorina?

[oberliner]

9. Yes, she won every Green Party primary except one

She lost SC to Bill Kreml who has since dropped out and endorsed Stein.

[Demsrule86]

15. Wow...so excited for the green traitor not.

She wants to elect Trump thus I don't care anything about her...she is willing to sacrifice millions of vulnerable Americans for her own personal politics...selfish...send women back to butchers, re-criminalize being gay,end civil rights laws and of course the GOP's favorite pastime starving the poor...another selfish somewhat stupid well to do woman who cares only for herself.

[JSup]

10. You say 'Baraka' and I think of...

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[stevenleser]

20. Damn you beat me to it. Beeerrrocccaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

[onehandle]

11. Party of loons.

No more Naders.

[Demsrule86]

14. Why do we have yet another green post?

Who cares what Jill Stein does....she is the worst.

[oberliner]

17. Informational purposes

She is running against us. We should know what she is up to.

[EffieBlack]

19. LOL - this reminds me of when Barack Obama first came on the national scene and I kept referring to

him as Obama Baraka.

I eventually figured it out and got it right . . .

[Ken Burch]

21. Any relation to Amiri Baraka(born LeRoi Jones), the playwright? n/t.

[one_voice]

22. huh...read his articles...

at BAR he wasn't fond of Cornel Wests' support of Bernie Sanders & he's not a Sanders fan.

edited to add: he's not thrilled with Beyonce either..