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Jill Stein is a physician and is running for President of the United States in 2024. She is running as a progressive left Green Party candidate. We assign Jill Stein a Left Biased and Mixed factual rating due to a few failed fact checks and the promotion of pseudoscience.
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Jill Stein
State: Massachusetts
Title: Physician – Presidential Candidate
Political Party: Green Party
Political Alignment: Progressive Left
Factual Rating: Mixed
Career:
- 2012, 2016 and 2024 Green Party Presidential Candidate
- Physician and environmental-health advocate
- Active in human rights and social justice movements
Stance on Key Policies:
- Abortion Rights: Favorable – Supports abortion rights. She has consistently advocated for a woman’s right to choose and has been vocal about maintaining and protecting access to safe and legal abortion services.
- Economy: Democratic Socialism – Critic of Capitalism – Stein has criticized corporate capitalism and advocated for a more equitable economic system, focusing on reducing income inequality and increasing workers’ rights.
- Climate Change: Supports Government Action – Advocates for strong government action against climate change. Stein has proposed a “Green New Deal” to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
- Education: Public Schools – Stein supports increased funding for public education and opposes the privatization of schools.
- Foreign Policy: Non-Interventionist – Stein has been critical of U.S. military interventions and advocates for a foreign policy based on diplomacy and international law.
- LGBTQ Rights: Supports – Stein has consistently supported LGBTQ rights, including marriage equality and anti-discrimination laws.
- Gun Ownership: Gun Control – Stein supports measures to control gun violence, including background checks and banning assault weapons.
- Immigration: Supports Immigration – Stein supports comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
- Health Care: Universal Health Care – Stein has been a long-time advocate for a single-payer healthcare system, asserting that healthcare is a human right.
- Overall: Democratic Socialist – Jill Stein, representing the Green Party, is aligned with the progressive left, advocating for policies that emphasize environmental sustainability, social justice, and economic equality.
Recent Failed Fact Checks
- Claims that global warming would cause sea levels to rise on average “not one yard but many yards” in as soon as 50 years. – False
- “Wisconsin uses voting machines that are outlawed, they are illegal.” – Pants on Fire
- Jill Stein has also promoted pseudoscience related to vaccines and GMOs and claims that wireless signals harm children’s brains.
(D. Van Zandt 11/26/2023)
Last Updated on November 26, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check