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riversedge

(70,239 posts)
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 11:57 AM Nov 2019

Fiona Hill did a smack down on GOP committee who say Ukraine was interferring into our election.....



31 min ago
Fiona Hill: Ukraine election meddling is a "fictional narrative" told by Russia

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-hearing-11-21-19/index.html

Former White House Russia expert Fiona Hill will tell the House Intelligence Committee that the idea that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 US presidential election is a "fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services."

Here's what she will say, according to a copy of her prepared remarks:

"Based on questions and statements I have heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country — and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, Ukraine did," she will say.

Hill will continue:
""This is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves."

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Fiona Hill did a smack down on GOP committee who say Ukraine was interferring into our election..... (Original Post) riversedge Nov 2019 OP
APPEAR to believe. They know better. It's all an act. eppur_se_muova Nov 2019 #1
Can't wait wryter2000 Nov 2019 #2
Yes indeed. That's going to 2naSalit Nov 2019 #3
Russiapublicans got spanked! Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #4
Actually, the Russpublicans don't think it happened on national TV hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2019 #6
That's a very brave statement for her to make...I hope she remains safe Submariner Nov 2019 #5

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
1. APPEAR to believe. They know better. It's all an act.
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 12:07 PM
Nov 2019

Uglicans know as well as anyone -- no, BETTER than anyone -- that they're passing on lies invented by Putin and his (other) minions. Presenting them as true is a strategic decision. Bamboozlement is the desired effect, not the cause, of Uglican behavior.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,486 posts)
6. Actually, the Russpublicans don't think it happened on national TV
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 01:24 PM
Nov 2019

If Faux Nooze doesn't say it, it isn't on TV news.

And I changed "Russiapublicans" to "Russpublicans" because I think it rolls off the tongue better. And it also has the auditory double meaning of "Ruse-publicans" at the same time.

Submariner

(12,504 posts)
5. That's a very brave statement for her to make...I hope she remains safe
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 01:02 PM
Nov 2019

Dr. Hill is an expert on all things Russian and Ukrainian. We can be sure that Russian operatives that live and work near where she works, and near her home, heard her testimony this morning.

We can also be sure these Putin thugs are not going to be pleased Dr. Hill put the spotlight on this hoax.

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