Clinton suggests Russia grooming Gabbard to run as third-party 2020 candidate

The Hill ^ | 10/18/19 | Max Greenwood

[yesthatjallen]

Hillary Clinton appeared to suggest that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is the “favorite of the Russians” to win the 2020 presidential election and is being groomed by Moscow to run as a third-party candidate against the eventual Democratic nominee.

In an interview on the podcast “Campaign HQ,” Clinton warned that the Russian government was poised to once again meddle in the U.S. presidential election through online disinformation efforts and by encouraging a third-party challenger to stir chaos in the contest.

Indeed, the Russians already have their “eye on somebody who’s currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate,” she said, in an apparent reference to Gabbard.

“She’s the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her, so far,” Clinton told David Plouffe, the podcast’s host and the campaign manager for former President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.

“And that’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she’s also a Russian asset,” Clinton added, referring to the 2016 Green Party presidential candidate.

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[yesthatjallen]

First the NYT claimed Gabbard was a Russian asset. Now Hillary Clinton.

They must see Gabbard as a Democrat spoiler.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

A 3rd party run from Tulsi would be intended to mess up Trump as much as any Dem.

[ptsal]

Hmmm.... I thought Nancy Pelosi was representing the third stringers.

[Hojczyk]

She is the only one with half a brain..

[philman_36]

Oh, good. I get to say it again...
Gabbard must be the only one she doesn't have dirt on
so she takes a different angle of attack...
besmirching, the only tool left in her otherwise empty tool box.

[philman_36]

One does have to wonder from where, or from whom, she is getting her information.

[BenLurkin]

[databoss]

Lock her up...

[wbarmy]

Did I already say Cat Fight?

[I want the USA back]

If Gabbard wins, will there ever be a “Russia investigation”?

[CondoleezzaProtege]

You mean that Gabbard is the only one who can *act* like she has half of one. She is so flip floppy it’s unbelievable. I appreciate her takedowns of Kamala and others, but in some ways I find her worse than the others.

[irishjuggler]

Miss Havisham strikes again. Seriously imagine her in a few years in Alzheimers care ranting about Russians to the gal changing her Depends.

[AmusedBystander]

Better a Russian “asset” than a Clinton “asset”.

[Steve_Seattle]

I've thought that Gabbard is the Dem with the best chance of beating Trump, so it's interesting to see all of this "Russian asset" stuff being thrown at her. You wonder WHY they are saying this.

Her distinctive feature is that she shares Trump's skepticism of endless war and nation-building. Is it now a primary goal of the international left to use the US military (a military no longer primarily oriented towards protecting America's interests) as the iron fist of globalism?

[Rich21IE]

I honestly don’t understand the obsession with the Russians. Weird

[Red Badger]

She’s just jealous.

The Russians aren’t her BFF anymore.................

[Red Badger]

Russia................

[G Larry]

This is great!

Anything to undermine Hillary, should she decide to jump in.

[NorseViking]

[bk1000]

Enough with the damn Russians. The Chinese are the enemy. The ONLY reason the harp on the Russia crap is because Russians are white.