2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRepublicans warm up to Assange
Republicans are making common cause with an old enemy: Julian Assange. In 2010, prominent figures in the GOP wanted the WikiLeaks founder jailed for releasing thousands of diplomatic cables leaked by former Pvt. Chelsea Manning.
Onetime presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said the leak put American lives at risk. Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Assange had blood on his hands and should be hunted down. Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) called for the Australian anti-secrecy activist to be tried under the Espionage Act and asked if WikiLeaks could be designated as a terrorist organization.
Fast-forward to 2016, when Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his supporters are extolling the release of thousands of emails stolen from Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podestas personal account.
Let me be clear: Thank God for Wikileaks doing the job that MSM WON'T! #ASSANGE #wikileaks, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) tweeted on Monday, using an acronym for the mainstream media.
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http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/301444-republicans-warm-up-to-assange
Foggyhill
(1,060 posts)Natural fit, they love authoritarians oligarch nationalist who use religion and the police to rule
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Deliver the presidency to Trump.
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)Assange appears to be in a lot of hot water with news today that charbes are being pressed by parents of an 8 YO girl that he was molesting over the internet. En9y your association family value Republicans!
Demsrule86
(70,660 posts)Wiki has discredited themselves ...they are finished.