Hillary Clinton predicts Russia propping up dem 3rd party candidate

[Dennis Donovan]

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Hillary Clinton doesn't just predict the Russians will support Tulsi Gabbard as a third-party candidate; she also calls Jill Stein "a Russian asset -- I mean totally."

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10:10 AM - Oct 18, 2019

On edit: WaPo story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/18/hillary-clinton-suggests-putin-has-kompromat-trump-russians-will-back-tulsi-gabbard-third-party-bid/

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In a conversation on former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe’s podcast, Clinton suggested the Russians are leveraging a number of top U.S. politicians. She suggested Russia had kompromat on Trump. She accused 2016 Green Party nominee Jill Stein of being a “Russian asset.” And she suggested Russia might back Gabbard as a third-party candidate.

“They’re also going to do third-party again,” Clinton said. “I’m not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on someone who’s currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. She’s the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.”

The “again” referred to Stein, whom some Clinton supporters have accused (rather baselessly) of serving as a spoiler for Clinton in 2016. Stein got around 1 percent of the vote in the three decisive states -- Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- but exit polls showed most of her voters wouldn’t have supported either Clinton or Trump if Stein weren’t running.

Clinton then flat-out labeled Stein a “Russian asset.”

“And that’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she’s also a Russian asset,” Clinton said. “Yeah, she’s a Russian asset — I mean, totally. They know they can’t win without a third-party candidate. So I don’t know who it’s going to be, but I will guarantee you they will have a vigorous third-party challenge in the key states that they most needed.”

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[Funtatlaguy]

1. This scares me because Hillary generally gets it correct.

[PoliticAverse]

2. "I'm not making any predictions". n/t

[jcgoldie]

3. spot on

But if trojan horse Gabbard continues to overplay her both sidesist schtick she may end up sapping more votes from republicans than democrats in that scenario... she is the darling of fox news already...

[MrsCoffee]

4. Seems spot on as usual.

[2naSalit]

5. K&R

[blm]

6. I believe exactly the same.

I am not dogging any primary Dem candidate. But Gabbard is no Democrat. She’s posing as a Democrat as part of Russia’s attack against our elections.

[Dennis Donovan]

9. I wonder how much of her support is "manufactured" by russian ratfucking

I'm not saying she's behind it (not bashing a Dem) but is, nonetheless, a willing recipient of the help?

[dalton99a]

12. The feeling is mutual. She reciprocates and echoes their stance

[RandySF]

7. They propped up Jill Stein in 2016.

[dalton99a]

8. Hillary is absolutely correct.

[comradebillyboy]

10. Hillary nails it again...

[Firestorm49]

11. Nobody ever explained what Stein was doing the table with Putin before the 2016 election.

Don’t doubt for a minute how vicious, whether overt or covert, the upcoming election will be. The Russians don’t need to rig voting machines because that would be too easy to verify, or so we would like to think.. Sowing discord again and or propping up a third party candidate? Perfect. Just enough to divide the votes. In my opinion, the battle plans for our destruction will be even more sophisticated. Combine with that the asset named William Barr who will go to any length to soften our security apparatuses, the current asset in the Oval Office doing whatever he can to keep his sordid past secret at the expense of OUR country, and the willingness of Putin to rule the world, and you have the perfect cocktail of demise: all supported by a complicit Republican Party.

This one will be a doozie, and will determine the future of democracy.

[global1]

13. Is There A Way Tulsi Can Be Exposed As A Riussian Asset......

before the election?

Is she is being groomed by the Russians - she must be in contact with them in some way. Couldn't that be found out and exposed?

[kentuck]

14. It is very predictable ...

..and very possible.

[Gothmog]

15. K&R

[uponit7771]

16. Russian's did this in the last election and the 3rd party candidates over performed in Red VSM state

... states.

She's right, the Russian's propped 3rd parties last time and they'll do it again.

[Garrett78]

17. It's been obvious for a long time that Gabbard is up to no good.