Getting Republicans Elected Every November-Second Green Party candidate turns out to secretly be a..

[tenderfoot]

Second Green Party candidate turns out to secretly be a Republican shocking!

Scrambling for ways to hold on to power through November’s midterm cycle, it seems Republicans are opting to back phony Green Party candidates in hopes of confusing voters.

After all, in a close contest a Green Party candidate siphoning away a few thousands votes from Democrats could mean the difference between victory and defeat.

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The the latest instance involves incumbent Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY). It turns out the one-time Green Party candidate Michael Zack, who abruptly dropped out this month after questions were raised about his background, used to intern in Collins’ office.

“The former Green Party candidate in a Congressional race has been exposed as a Republican plant with ties to the GOP congressman he supposedly sought to challenge,” the Daily Beast reports.

Previous and since-removed social media posts tag Zack as a far-right conservative. He’s not someone committed to the Green Party agenda of ending war and advocating for clean energy.

more: https://shareblue.com/republicans-fake-green-party-candidates-chris-collins-new-york-ny-27/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Ahh gee, who woulda thought.

[Caliman73]

4. That's all they got...

Can't win on policies so they make it about emotion and wedge issues. Can't win on emotional manipulation and wedge issues so they start trying to repress the vote. That is starting to fail too so now they have to resort to infiltrating dumb gullible third parties to try to siphon off votes.

Republicans simply cannot win without cheating.

[SharonClark]

2. Good reminder to check the background on all republican candidates

[lunasun]

6. And Green Party candidates!

[Cha]

3. Sneaky RF.

[Scurrilous]

5. @#$% the Greens.

[S.E. TN Liberal]

7. republican'ts support the Green Party while Democrats support the Libertarians.

Both parties do it try to siphon votes away from each other.

It is part of the political game that is played.

Those who vote for the third party are just being taken for fools.

It worked to cause Hillary to lose enough votes to cost her the election.

[crazycatlady]

8. Thing is that NY has fusion voting

Where candidates can run on multiple party lines. While minor lefty parties (WFP, WEP) cross endorse Democrats, this year no Democrat was endorsed by the Green Party.

Shows me their true colors.

[manor321]

9. The real problem is the idiots that vote for the Green Party

Giving more power to the fascists in the Republican party.