Days after the Russian indictments were handed down, Jill Stein appeared on MSNBC today to downplay Russian interference by pointing to American interference in the election.

She told Alex Witt the idea there was this big Russian attempt to back her campaign to hurt Hillary Clinton is absurd, saying, “This doesn’t pass the laugh test.”

She continued on to say there was “other kinds of interference,” like all the airtime the media gave Trump in 2016:

“Yes, there was Russian interference, but remember, there was very compelling interference going on by way of media, by way of the DNC––did the DNC not rig the primary?”

Stein also took offense at the idea that votes for her were “stolen” from Clinton, adding that she was the subject of a “smear campaign” over that Russia dinner she attended.

Witt pressed her on whether she got “a single vote” because of Russian interference. Stein instead pivoted to talking about Americans were “in revolt” against the two-party system.

Watch above, via MSNBC.

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