Clinton suggests Putin has kompromat on Trump, Russians will back Tulsi Gabbard in 3rd-party bid [View all]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/18/hillary-clinton-suggests-putin-has-kompromat-trump-russians-will-back-tulsi-gabbard-third-party-bid/
At Tuesday nights Democratic presidential debate, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) hit back at critics
who charged shes too close to Russia. This morning, a CNN commentator said on national television that Im an asset of Russia, she said. Completely despicable. Gabbard wont be happy to hear Hillary Clintons latest interview. Nor will President Trump or another of Clintons 2016 opponents, whom Clinton has now lodged similar accusations about.
In a conversation on former Obama campaign manager
David Plouffes 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.
Theyre also going to do third-party again, Clinton said. Im not making any predictions, but I think theyve got their eye on someone whos currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. Shes 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. Clinton then flat-out labeled Stein a Russian asset. And thats assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because shes also a Russian asset, Clinton said. Yeah, shes a Russian asset I mean, totally. They know they cant win without a third-party candidate. So I dont know who its 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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