Talk of a Green Party tie-up with Sanders does not include plans for Jill Stein to step aside
From Ballot Access News:
Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s campaign said Saturday that it has asked repeatedly to meet with Bernie Sanders to discuss collaborating to “build a progressive revolution” in the United States, but it denied ever having Stein step aside to give Sanders the presidential nomination.
“We have said we were willing to discuss a variety of cooperative approaches, including the possibility of creating a united ticket,” campaign co-chair Gloria Mattera said in a statement through email. “At no point, however have we simply offered that we would just step aside and give the presidential nomination of the Green Party to Senator Sanders without serious discussions of issues and strategies.”
However, Sanders is expected to end his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination within days. Earlier this week, Stein told The Guardian newspaper that she would be willing to step aside and let him take her place.
But on Saturday, Mattera’s statement indicated that the decision over the eventual nominee ultimately rests in the hands of the delegates at the Green Party’s convention, being held in Houston from Aug. 4-7, and most delegates are already pledged to Stein.
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