"Bernie Blames Hillary for Allowing Russian Interference"
Last edited Thu Feb 22, 2018, 12:54 PM - Edit history (2)
According to Politico, the senator and Jeff Weaver also denied Mueller's assertion that Russian actors backed his campaign.
"The remarks showed Sanders, running for a third term and currently considered a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, deeply defensive in response to questions posed to him about what was laid out in the indictment. He attempted to thread a response that blasts Donald Trump for refusing to acknowledge that Russians helped his campaign — but then holds himself harmless for a nearly identical denial."
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"Sanders said that his campaign had shared information with the Clinton campaign about suspected Russian anti-Clinton trolls on a campaign Facebook page. But Weaver later acknowledged that the Vermont senator had no firsthand knowledge that this had happened. Weaver said Sanders based his remark on an article published by NBC’s San Diego affiliate over the weekend about a campaign volunteer who claimed to have conducted his own investigation and brought the findings to the Clinton campaign in September — an assertion flatly denied by a former Clinton campaign aide."
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"Sanders repeatedly refused to say why he didn’t call out Russian involvement during the campaign. Clinton's campaign regularly raised suspicions of Kremlin-backed activity during the home stretch of the race."
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"Sanders has faced questions since Friday about why he has not more strongly condemned the Russian actions that benefited his campaign. On Wednesday, liberal writer Joan Walsh of The Nation tweeted in response to Sanders’ comments about Clinton: 'Seriously, this could be the end of Sanders 2020. Someone who cares about him ought to tell him how badly he stepped in it today.'"
What's next? The media and Republicans demanding that HRC apologize for what the Russian's did in 2016?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/21/bernie-sanders-trump-russia-interference-420528
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... much of what I've only been able to hint-at online (else I risk certain consequences). It's good to see that this is something that can finally be discussed in the open (even though the OP still needs to avoid the sniping and cheap-shots from the sidelines.)
I'm grateful that the OP took a chance to post it... this needs to be openly discussed. This is a reality that cannot be hidden any longer. People need to know the truth.
... I think that speaks for itself. Other than to point out that Hillary is a Democrat, there's no need for me to go into too much additional detail or to offer further explanations (for obvious reasons).
... in my opinion.
He attempted to thread a response that blasts Donald Trump for refusing to acknowledge that Russians helped his campaign — but then holds himself harmless for a nearly identical denial."
Wow.. Mahalo, lapucelle
"Sanders has faced questions since Friday about why he has not more strongly condemned the Russian actions that benefited his campaign. On Wednesday, liberal writer Joan Walsh of The Nation tweeted in response to Sanders’ comments about Clinton: 'Seriously, this could be the end of Sanders 2020. Someone who cares about him ought to tell him how badly he stepped in it today.'"
This was very revealing...a huge slip up... 
At first I thought it was a big mistake, maybe she conned her way in. But now I know why....
