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“Asked how many members of the House of Reps there were, Stein guessed 600-some before hosts corrected her.”

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I would have had to guess too, but I'm not in politics where that's something I should know. What I do know and would have answered is "not the right proportion to the population".

[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Make sure our local Lemmy Green Party Propagandist sees this.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago

He blocked me, so doubt he’ll see it :P

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's actually a harder question than it seems... If you're asking about the number of seats, that's easy. 435 in the House, 100 in the Senate.

But if you ask about the PEOPLE, suddenly a lot harder due to deaths, resignations, and vacancies.

I legit couldn't tell you the number of people right now without looking it up and I'd like to think I'm pretty plugged in.

https://clerk.house.gov/Members/ViewVacancies

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

I don't think anyone would fault you for saying there are 435 members of the house, especially because that number is also wrong (there are six additional non-voting members).

If she had answered more correctly than the number of voting seats I wouldn't have a problem with it...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

I think you’re overthinking it. This was the actual reported exchange:

Later in the interview, Rye attempted to demonstrate the Green Party’s failure to build power from a grassroots level. She asked Stein how many members of the House of Representatives there were.

“How many total are there? What is it, 600, some number?” Stein said, before Rye set the record straight.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago

"The one thing AOC has done that you haven’t is win some elections.”

Goddamn.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago

Sinema+Gabbard vibes.

Stay far away.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

She appears incapable of recognizing reality, and we don’t need another candidate like that. By staying so obstinate her votes will likely go to Trump. If she doesn’t understand that political reality, she shouldn’t be anywhere near a general election.

A normal person would learn from their multiple failures, but not Stein.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Giving her the benefit of the doubt that she isn't a Russian agent, if she doesn't understand how the Electoral College works, then it makes sense she doesn't see herself as a spoiler and a waste of a vote. Clearly in the past 20ish years, she must have come across FiveThirtyEight and, so even a guess of 538 would be somewhat reasonable. 600 just shows lack of reasoning skills and/or knowledge of how the electoral college is made up.

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't a serious politician not being paid by the Russians actually, like, fucking know that?!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Is not problem. She received excellent education from People’s University of Harvard, near the warm-water port city of Boston in Massachusetts oblast. Do not worry about these silly details.

/s because internet

[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Especially as she’s actually run for President twice before! It’s like coming into the same job interview multiple times and giving worse answers each time.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago

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