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Bill Clinton compares Trump's fake news rhetoric to ‘dictators club’ tactics
The Hill ^ | November 8, 2017 | Brett Samuels

Posted on 11/08/2017 8:31:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday expressed concern that President Trump's rhetoric reflects the same values as dictators around the world.

Clinton said on the late night show "Conan", that the world’s dictators all want to blur the line between fact and fiction.

"They figure if you don’t know what’s true and you don’t think you can ever know that, pretty soon everybody will accept the fact that democracy is no longer possible," Clinton told host Conan O'Brien.

“Are you talking about foreign countries now or here?” O’Brien asked. “That chilled me to the bone for a second.”

Clinton hesitated.

“You just said a lot by saying nothing,” O'Brien said.

“We need to tell all these people that just make up stuff on the internet to knock it off,” Clinton said. “We’re voting for people that are going to do jobs, these are jobs and as soon as somebody gets one of these jobs you find out pretty quick that the decisions they make have consequences.”

Clinton sat for an interview with Conan O’Brien on the anniversary of President Trump's win over Hillary Clinton. The late-night host asked Clinton if the country has changed since he was campaigning for president in 1992.

“The country is much more diverse than it used to be and I think that’s a good thing,” Clinton said.

“The thing that’s not so good is we’re in the middle of,” Clinton began, before an audience member shouted “Trump!”

“Well there is that,” Clinton said. “Believe me, I know, especially today.”

Clinton spoke nearly uninterrupted for the next five minutes about policies that restrict immigration and the spread of misinformation that he believes aided President Trump during last year’s elections.

Clinton criticized efforts to disenfranchise voters, such as immigrants, the elderly and the poor, saying a key reason there’s no immigration reform is that representatives who oppose it worry expanding the electorate would hurt their political prospects.

Those who are unhappy with recent policies bear some responsibility if they don’t vote in mid-term elections, Clinton added.

“We need to just go out and start going up to people who are mad at us and say let’s get over it,” Clinton said. “We’ve got to live together, we’ve got to share this together, and if we work together we’ll have better economics, we’ll have better societies and we’ll have a culture that we can all be a part of.”


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: clinton; hillary; media; msm; news; television; trump
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1 posted on 11/08/2017 8:31:57 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Anything to take the focus off the current hunt for sex offenders in positions of relative power....


2 posted on 11/08/2017 8:35:12 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

P R O J E C T I O N


3 posted on 11/08/2017 8:38:31 PM PST by goodnesswins (There are only TWO Races. The Decent Race, and the Indecent Race. (Frankl))
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disenfranchise voters, such as immigrants


Yeah, Bill, god forbid non-citizens be disenfranchised.


4 posted on 11/08/2017 8:39:35 PM PST by sparklite2 (-)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This warrants the Smoky Backroom?


5 posted on 11/08/2017 8:40:46 PM PST by sparklite2 (-)
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To: Dr. Pritchett

Shut-up you ole Horndog! Go back to bangin “whoever” and leave us alone!


6 posted on 11/08/2017 8:42:14 PM PST by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why isn’t this serial sexual molester in prison?


7 posted on 11/08/2017 8:43:47 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Blurring the line between fact and fiction...”

That’s rich, coming from an impeached disbarred perjuror, suborner of perjury, pathological liar, serial sexual harasser and face-biting rapist.

This is the president who infamously once said under oath, “it all depends on what the meaning of “is” is.”

Good ole Bill, he hasn’t changed a bit.


8 posted on 11/08/2017 8:46:22 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves."a)
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A liar accusing others of lying...of course that’s classic Slick tactics to accuse others of things that you’re guilty of...


9 posted on 11/08/2017 8:49:03 PM PST by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: sparklite2

A former president accusing the current president of being a dictator isn’t controversial in your world?


10 posted on 11/08/2017 8:52:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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11 posted on 11/08/2017 8:58:57 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)
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Clinton attacks Trump while stuffing his pockets with millions from murdering one party state fascist Russia. Pathetic.


12 posted on 11/08/2017 9:00:25 PM PST by lodi90
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the world’s dictators all want to blur the line between fact and fiction.

Says the man who claimed: "I did not have sex with that woman." Who was "the dictator" who was blurring fact and fiction then?

13 posted on 11/08/2017 9:01:29 PM PST by hsalaw
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“We need to tell all these people that just make up stuff on the internet to knock it off,” Clinton said.


14 posted on 11/08/2017 9:05:09 PM PST by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lighten up Slick. You stupid ass. Fake news is rampant in this country as are fake polls and fake election. The whole thing stinks.


15 posted on 11/08/2017 9:05:35 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Has Sheila JACKSON LEE changed her name yet?)
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16 posted on 11/08/2017 9:07:48 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Rapist-in-Chief. You will meet your Maker and serve an eternal sentence.


17 posted on 11/08/2017 9:08:18 PM PST by Kalamata (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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18 posted on 11/08/2017 9:10:36 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Clinton said on the late night show “Conan”, that the world’s dictators all want to blur the line between fact and fiction.


As others have noted: PROJECTION


19 posted on 11/08/2017 9:15:42 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: RightGeek

Great graphic.


20 posted on 11/08/2017 9:18:29 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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