Because many are wondering: we have always been open to talking with @BernieSanders about ways to move our shared goals forward.

According to her official Twitter account — which is managed by some of her campaign staff — Stein hasn’t received a response from the Vermont senator, though she noted the idea has always been on the table.

Dr. Jill Stein, a Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party member who is running on the national ballot for president, stated on Twitter that she would be open to a collaboration with Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.

A Stein/Sanders collaboration has always been on the table. We've just never gotten a response to Green Party efforts to open a dialogue. — Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) March 16, 2016

Following her announcement that she will run on the Green Party ticket for the 2016 election, Stein stated that Sanders has a vision similar to her own and that the senator should have run outside the Democratic Party.


Following those tweets, Stein sent a message out criticizing the Democratic Party. She has previously spoken out against the party, most recently in a Huffington Post interview where she said “the course of recent events has made it apparent we need to go outside of the Democratic Party to effect real change.”

The Democratic Party is democratic in name only - superdelegates anyone? #PrimaryDay #ImWithJill — Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) March 16, 2016

The Lexington physician was the Green Party’s presidential nominee in 2012. She also ran as a third-party candidate for governor against eventual winner Mitt Romney back in 2002, receiving about 3 percent of the vote.