What a fine spin you put on it. There is a political term for funding sham candidates as a proxy to draw off votes so your own candidate will win. An activity which is against the law by the way.
Trying to blame Republicans for left wing voters voting for progressive candidates is some fine spin from yourself Sir. Left wing voters voting for West or Stein aren't doing so to help Trump,if they wanted to help Trump they would just vote for Trump.Progressive voters should have the right and the option to vote for progressive candidates.Rather than trying to keep progressive candidates off of state ballots the Democrat Party should be trying to earn the votes of progressive voters.
So tell me what percentage of money given to the Stein and Cornel campaigns come from progressive voters? Oh, nearly every dime comes from large MAGA donors. Hey there is an astroturfing word for this.
I don't know what percentage of money given to the Stein and Cornel campaigns come from progressive voters,but I know nearly 100% of the votes that go to Stein and West come from progressive voters,many of them previous Democrat voters. Nobody is more responsible for the votes The Green Party or West gets more than the Democrat Party. You and the Democrat Party want to blame The GOP for giving money to West and Stein and ignore the reason millions of left wing voters,many former Democrats,will be voting for West or Stein.Rather then trying to keep progressive candidates off of state ballots the Democrat Party should be giving progressive voters reasons to vote for them rather than Stein or West.The current Democrat Party is so bad saying that Republicans are worse is no longer enough of a reason.