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Democrats Embrace Conservative Conspiracy Theorist to Lead Russia Hysteria [Louise Mensch]
The Observer ^
| 3/22/17
| Michael Sainato
Posted on 03/22/2017 3:19:21 PM PDT by markomalley
Since her short-lived political career, Louise Mensch has developed a reputation among Clinton partisans as a constant purveyor of Russian election interference allegations and conspiracy theories. Like several Clinton partisans, her Twitter feed is completely focused on the anti-Russia narrative.
On November 2016, the pro-Brexit former Conservative member of Parliament managed to transmogrify a tweet about the passing of Leonard Cohenwho is Canadianinto a pro-America, anti-Russia attack. In January 2017, she claimed without any evidence that a terrorist attack at a nightclub in Istanbul was a false-flag Russian operation.
On March 20, Mensch retweeted a tweet claiming, We are at war with Russia. Mensch has previously called for all out war on Russia, with precision bombing raids. Bank hacks. Massive cyber war. This war mongering hysteria from Mensch has lead her to claim that anything she disagrees with is a Russian plot, including her insistence that disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner was sexting a Russian hacker instead of a 15 year-old girldespite the teen being interviewed in person. When Newsweeks Kurt Eichenwald was sent a gif by a Twitter user to trigger his epilepsy, Mensch claimed that a Russian did it, though the FBI recently arrested an American for the attack.Continue Reading this Article
Her false claims venture into other topics too. In 2012, Mensch told reporters that she suffered ill-effects of taking hard drugs in her 20s while in the music industry. I did serious drugs, and it messed with my head, and its a terrible thing, and I do not want to see other young people exposed to that by legalization, Mensch said on BBC Question Time. In 2015, The Independent reported that Mensch tried to smear the U.K.s Labor Party as anti-Semitic by citing her own search history. On January 27 of this year, she claimed that NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick was the single greatest recruiter for Donald Trump because he took a stand against racism.
Though many of her claims lack evidence, the Democratic establishment increasingly praises Mensch for her work. Former President Barack Obamas Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe tweeted Menschs embarrassing recent interview with BBC, during which she defended propagating a conspiracy theory that Putin murdered Andrew Breitbart. Mensch is now routinely cited as some sort of credible journalistic source on Russia conspiracies by unhinged, mainstream anti-Trump fanatics such as MSNBC and Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe, who will launder any insanity as long as it promotes their Tom Clancy fever dreams of Trump as a Kremlin asset, wrote Glenn Greenwald for The Intercept on March 7.
The New York Times lent credence to Menschs conspiracy theories by publishing her recent op-ed about Russian hacking. Several of New York Times reporters criticized Mensch and refuted a claim she made in the op-ed about a FISA court order issued for the FBI to examine communications between the Trump campaign and Russian banks. New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau tweeted, Youve conned your followers @LouiseMensch in believing you have any clue what youre talking about and created a shitstorm of ignorance. Despite Menschs long record of fabricating claims and perpetuating conspiracy theories, several Democrats have elevated her work. Rep. Ted Lieu commended Mensch on Twitter, calling Menschs New York Times op-ed a great piece. Former DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile, who was exposed by WikiLeaks for helping the Clinton campaign cheat during the Democratic primaries, tweeted at Mensch in response to the op-ed, thank you for great journalism. Democratic Party fundraiser Scott Dworkin regularly cites and converses with Mensch about Russia.
This embrace of Mensch and her Russian conspiracy theories from Democratic leadership illuminates how desperate the Democratic Party is to propagate the Russian hysteria narrative in lieu of advocating policy stances that would benefit voters. The party would rather praise conservative war hawkswho salivate at the thought of escalating military conflict with Russiathan develop meaningful policies.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andrewbreitbart; assassinationplots; breitbart; donnabrazile; drugaddledbrains; election; leftwingnuts; louisemensch; mensch; nevertrumper; nytsource; putin; russia; tedlieu; trump
Louise Mensch is a psychopath (just as a FWIW for those not familiar with her)
To: markomalley
Did Louise Mensch have anything significant to say on November 07, 2016?
What is the connection between Louise and Lady Lynn de Rothschild?
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posted on
03/22/2017 3:24:27 PM PDT
by
ptsal
To: markomalley
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posted on
03/22/2017 3:33:29 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(Tophat9000)
To: markomalley
There is still an unspoken “Mutual Assured Destruction” pact between the United States and the successor to the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, “I won’t if you won’t” understanding about the rivalry that would exist between the US and whatever government is in power in Mother Russia.
The Russian might no longer be Communists, but they are still Russians. And they play hard at the game of international politics.
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posted on
03/22/2017 3:33:32 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(John Galt has chosen to take the job. This time, Atlas did NOT shrug.)
To: markomalley
People like her should be reminded that Russia doesn’t have a “Boland Amendment”.
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posted on
03/22/2017 3:56:31 PM PDT
by
Terry Mross
(Liver spots And blood thinners.)
To: markomalley
She’s a hack and self-admittedly “Fried her brain on drugs”.
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posted on
03/22/2017 4:25:01 PM PDT
by
Shadow44
To: markomalley
Just curious - did Obama ever interfere in other country’s politics or elections???
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posted on
03/22/2017 4:27:17 PM PDT
by
PGR88
(The)
To change the ballots, I read the Russians used floppy discs. /s
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posted on
03/22/2017 4:29:17 PM PDT
by
Does so
(USA: Watching Muslims' 2nd US Generation become "Radicalized"...)
To: Does so
To change the ballots, I read the Russians used floppy discs. "
/s"
Proves they're wimps they are. Real Men have hard disks.
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posted on
03/22/2017 4:55:40 PM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: markomalley
It’s getting so that you need a rather insanely complex program to tell one idiot from another in the Washington Swamp. Well past time to bring on the bleach.
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posted on
03/22/2017 5:51:39 PM PDT
by
Desron13
To: markomalley
Snowflakeism and hard left ideology are a psychotic disorder. Munch popcorn and watch them implode:-)
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posted on
03/23/2017 4:48:17 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: markomalley
“Democrats embrace further insanity”
They’ll be a regional party for the foreseeable future.
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posted on
03/23/2017 5:24:33 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: PGR88
Other than Honduras,’ Kenyas’s, Israel’s, and Egypt’s?
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posted on
05/14/2017 7:57:16 PM PDT
by
piasa
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