He dismissed the recount bid as a "Green Party scam to fill up their coffers by asking for impossible recounts ... now being joined by the badly defeated & demoralized Dems."
Stein is not welcoming the Clinton camp to the recount. "Why would Hillary Clinton -- who conceded the election to Donald Trump -- want #Recount2016? You cannot be on-again, off-again about democracy," Stein tweeted. "Why would Hillary Clinton -- who holds 'public' and 'private' positions -- want to engage in something as transparent as #Recount2016?"
Stein came under heavy criticism from her own supporters for choosing the three states that could give Clinton the presidency, should the count be overturned. Clearly feeling the sting of this criticism, and now with $6 million to work with, Stein said she is open to recounts in other states, perhaps even those won narrowly by Clinton.
"I will do a recount in any state where the deadline has not passed. Help my staff find state deadlines," she tweeted. "We're open to hearing from experts regarding any state & pursuing voting integrity if deadlines permit."
Stein also hit back with a series of sarcastic tweets against allegations that she was in cahoots with the Democrats from the beginning and specifically to charges reverberating online that she is part of a plot by Democratic financier and political mastermind George Soros:
"#IfSorosPaidForTheRecount, my staffers say they'd ... buy a better Obamacare plan. #IfSorosPaidForTheRecount, my staffers say they'd ... pay off their student loans. #IfSorosPaidForTheRecount, my staffers say they'd ... buy a new car."
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