Chris Wallace to Stein: Isn’t This All About Fundraising?

‘Isn’t that what this is really about Dr. Stein, using this recount to raise lots of money and build your list of supporters?’

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WALLACE:  "Dr. Stein, let's talk about what a lot of people think is the real point here, and that is, let’s take a look at how much money you raised in your presidential runs. In 2012 you raised $893,000 in your presidential campaign. In 2016, $3.5 million. But for this recount, you've raised more than $6.5 million from almost 140,000 donors. Isn't that what this is really about, Dr. Stein, using the recount it raise lots of money and build your list of supporters?"
STEIN: "Let me be very clear, this money is going strictly into a segregated account which can only be spent on the recount. So this -- this money is entirely -- will be completely used, and we'll be lucky if we can cover the cost at the rate that there is a bait and switch going on here. In Wisconsin, we just saw this cost triple. So, to my mind, it’s -- it really underscores why we need a fundamentally secure voting system that has built-in safeguards that should have automatic audits, recounts. We need to get rid of these voting machines, these electronic touch screens which have been proven highly vulnerable to tampering, to hacking, to human and machine errors. This is an -- this is an abuse of the American vote."

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