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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 12:29 PM Jan 2019

Hillary Clinton told America that Donald Trump is a puppet of Putin


“[Trump] would rather believe Vladimir Putin than the military and civilian intelligence professionals who are sworn to protect us.” - Hillary Clinton, 3rd presidential debate of 2016

She told American voters plainly at the third and final presidential debate about Russia’s blatant interference in this year’s election, but did so in the collegial, high-minded spirit of American politics without directly accusing her opponent or threatening to lock him up as did the demagogue Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton delivered her next words in the icy manner of a world stateswoman, expressing not only the gravity of the situation, but the favoritism and the danger that it represented.

It’s a message that Trump needed to shout down. Because it is true.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/watch-hillary-clinton-tried-to-warn-us-about-russia_us_584c1bf2e4b0171331051102
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Hillary Clinton told America that Donald Trump is a puppet of Putin (Original Post) DesertRat Jan 2019 OP
Yes, she did. LisaM Jan 2019 #1
. dalton99a Jan 2019 #2
Clinton is the greatest patriot & hated by Putin & his lackeys. delisen Jan 2019 #3
We were warned Gothmog Jan 2019 #4
Hillary Clinton is the Legitimate President of the United States dlk Jan 2019 #5
But, her emails... keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #6
America is full of shit because they swallow every line of Trump's bullshit. world wide wally Jan 2019 #7
and there is nothing you can do or say to convince them otherwise... PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #11
yep billymerk Jan 2019 #19
And when Trump is, hopefully, gone GWC58 Jan 2019 #26
While civilian candidate tRump was being investigated by the FBI no less!!! ffr Jan 2019 #8
Almost half of the country, 99% of the uber rich and all the wall street bankers don't care mastermind Jan 2019 #9
So true Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #16
With their footprints all over our backs! GWC58 Jan 2019 #27
She wasn't guessing. She knew. Many knew. Took three years to get to the mainstream...due to wiggs Jan 2019 #10
by then, she had seen the intelligence but couldn't say so Hamlette Jan 2019 #12
+1 dalton99a Jan 2019 #18
Listen to Cheetolini deny it! TwistOneUp Jan 2019 #13
I'll never forget that debate DesertRat Jan 2019 #29
She should be our president NOW! lunamagica Jan 2019 #14
She sure did ailsagirl Jan 2019 #15
Yeah,but....... Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #17
Exactly. ananda Jan 2019 #20
Yes, she did. She also said emphatically that tRump was not "fit" to hold the office of POTUS. Texin Jan 2019 #21
This six minute video from Clinton campaign is amazing Gothmog Jan 2019 #22
+1 and retweeted DesertRat Jan 2019 #30
😪 BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2019 #23
KR!! Cha Jan 2019 #24
She sure did EffieBlack Jan 2019 #25
B, B, B GWC58 Jan 2019 #28
Hillary comments on Putin's support for sanders and trump Gothmog Feb 2019 #31

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
1. Yes, she did.
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 12:50 PM
Jan 2019

There is still an element of the hard left that ansolutely won't acknowledge Russian interference in the 2016 election, and in particular, against her.

I can't help but wish Obama's administration would have spoken up. It was the right thing to do and it doesn't matter who they thought would win the election. Doing the right thing can always be a good choice.

dlk

(11,569 posts)
5. Hillary Clinton is the Legitimate President of the United States
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 01:51 PM
Jan 2019

Instead, we have a Russian asset in the White House.

 

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)
11. and there is nothing you can do or say to convince them otherwise...
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 02:23 PM
Jan 2019

whether they are a pastor or an ex-marine or a school teacher or principal it's all the same. They will not believe. They used to be your friends and classmates but now you don't recognize them. What happened to them? What changed them? Was it the greed for money? I'm so sad I have lost so many friends over this orange Julius....

billymerk

(22 posts)
19. yep
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 03:06 PM
Jan 2019

I know how you feel. I'm still trying to understand it. Are they brainwashed? I'm looking forward to the day Trump is out of office. Hopefully the next President will be a decent man or woman. Someone with hope who inspires good.

 

mastermind

(229 posts)
9. Almost half of the country, 99% of the uber rich and all the wall street bankers don't care
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 02:21 PM
Jan 2019

they would be fine with any fascist president, even putin, so they can continue to live their putrid, fascist lives in a capitalistic plutocracy.

wiggs

(7,814 posts)
10. She wasn't guessing. She knew. Many knew. Took three years to get to the mainstream...due to
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 02:23 PM
Jan 2019

broken public discourse that should have otherwise been the antibody to a foreign invasion.

Took 40 years of right wing think tanks, consolidation of wealth and power, consolidation of media, constant dumbing down of issues, polarization, fomenting fear and hate to get to a point where an obviously poisonous bad actor could be elected into public office and IT TAKES THREE YEARS for the public to process it, discuss it with seriousness (still not on all media)...and still outcome of the battle to come is uncertain.

The root of this is clear...republicans are at the source of it en mass but so are all of those who trade duty for greed and power.

An amazing and chilling story. We have to not only reverse the course of the last two years but also undo 40 years of groundwork that got us here.

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)
12. by then, she had seen the intelligence but couldn't say so
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 02:28 PM
Jan 2019

she was then being briefed as a presidential candidate about national security issues. Which is one of the reasons I think there could be some bombshells the FBI has we don't know.

Another is the look on Feinstein's face after a briefing early in the Trump admin. She looked scared.

TwistOneUp

(1,020 posts)
13. Listen to Cheetolini deny it!
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 02:32 PM
Jan 2019

"NotAPuppet! NotAPuppet! You'reThePuppet!

He sounds like he's seven years old, in a sandbox.

Farmer-Rick

(10,185 posts)
17. Yeah,but.......
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 02:48 PM
Jan 2019

the FBI was tying itself in knots over her e-mails. Their leader even wrote a letter setting Trump up with an October surprise....how special. All The While a f*cking Traitor was conning all of them.

Then he turns around and fires the guy who gave him his October surprise. If he had NOT fired Comey, I believe that the FBI would still be going on about Hillary's e-mails.

If they had been doing their job, we would NOT have had president a**hole Trump and the first nude lady right now.

Texin

(2,596 posts)
21. Yes, she did. She also said emphatically that tRump was not "fit" to hold the office of POTUS.
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 03:25 PM
Jan 2019

She was right on both counts. Perhaps, the only thing she got wrong was the depth of his depravity, the total immersion he is engaged in in self-delusion, and the lengths he would eventually go to serve his Russian master(s).

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
25. She sure did
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 07:43 PM
Jan 2019

But those emails and something about her somebody didn't like, so why should anyone listen to her?

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
28. B, B, B
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 09:18 PM
Jan 2019

BENGHAZI !!! All of us listened, all of us knew the stakes. Sadly many didn’t, others didn’t seem to care, talking to you Susan Sarandon & Rosario Dawson, just to name a few. 😡

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