JD Vance calls out the Left's hypocrisy for opposing Jill Stein but backing RFK on the ballot

In 2016, Stein was dubbed a "spoiler" against Hillary Clinton, as her vote total exceeded the Democrat's deficit in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.

The Ohio senator quipped that the best person to vote for in November remains Trump, "and the second-best person to vote for is anyone not named Kamala Harris."

Kennedy has launched litigation in several states to remove his name from the ballot since dropping out, as prior to his Trump endorsement, Democrats had themselves filed multiple lawsuits to keep him off the ballot. 

That attitude appeared to change after Kennedy's campaign ended.

Stein, a physician from Fall River, Mass., ran for president on the Green Party line in 2012, 2016 and 2024. The party nominated self-described "ecosocialist" Howie Hawkins III in 2020. 

As of late, Stein has been lambasted for continuing her quixotic candidacy as the race again narrows like it did in 2016.

In September, the Democratic National Committee branded Stein a Russian "useful idiot," similar to how Clinton labeled now-Republican former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard a Kremlin asset.

A DNC spokesman told the outlet that Stein has "parrot[ed] Kremlin talking points and [was] propped-up by bad actors in 2016," and is "at it again."

"A vote for Stein is a vote for Trump," the spokesman said.

It cited a heckler in New York who asked her feelings about being "personally responsible for actually bringing Donald Trump into power."

It also anonymously quoted one of Stein's adult children as saying, "For her political activities, she does not have the support of her family."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., blistered Stein in a social media video, saying, "All you do is show up once every four years to speak to people who are justifiably pissed off. . . . You're not serious. It does not read as authentic, it reads as predatory."

O'Donnell also reprimanded a Stein volunteer in Michigan who previously voted for Clinton and Biden but had enough of the proverbial binary choice in elections.

Stein told Fox News Digital on Thursday that Democrats' "smear campaign is the best publicity we could ask for."

"Their attack dogs have been opening doors for us since DNC chair Jamie Harrison came for us on Twitter, AOC lectured us on Instagram, Democratic operative Angela Rye tried to ambush us on The Breakfast Club, and just the other day the DNC was exposed for attempting to dictate to [talk show host] Tavis Smiley a set of attack questions they wanted him to challenge me with on his show."

Stein said that Harris could win back her base by pledging to "end the genocide with a weapons embargo to Israel now."

"But apparently she prefers killing Palestinian children to winning the election. No amount of lies and smears will distract from the simple truth that Americans revile this bipartisan genocide," Stein said.

Fox News Digital reached out to the DNC for comment but did not hear back by press time.