Posted on 02/18/2020 9:35:33 AM PST by yesthatjallen
The Pretenders founder and songwriter Chrissie Hynde issued an open letter to President Trump on Monday, urging him to work to secure the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Hynde tweeted Monday that Assange had been "duly punished" for his role in the leak of documents provided by Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier and whistleblower, and urged Trump to pardon Assange.
Assange, who previously was holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for years, was arrested last year and now faces extradition to the U.S. Manning remains imprisoned for contempt of court over her refusal to testify in the case involving Assange.
"Soon, I will be participating in a protest in London against the extradition of #JulianAssange (@wikileaks)," Hynde tweeted. "I know my father would be mortified, but I feel strongly enough to do what I believe is the right thing; to protest further punishment of a man who sought to defend Freedom, albeit in a way you rightly disagree with."
"I know Mr. Assange broke the law (as i have done defending the treatment of animals) but I believe he has been duly punished and should now be set free. Please consider my plea," she added.
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Wikileaks has also fallen silent.
Does anyone have thoughts about what's going on behind the scenes?
Trump should pardon Snowden also. Snowden deserves it more than Assange.
How much has Rush Limbaugh paid her in royalties for his show’s theme song over 3 decades?
Pardon Assange, Snowden, Flynn and Stone on the same day.
I thought President Trump wasn’t her president?
Enough that the entire letter she wrote out was intelligent and very respectful including complimenting Trump on his Rush Medal of Freedom. :)
I learned a lot of Chrissie Hynde in that letter. We may have different political outlooks but I respect the hell out of her.
I saw this yesterday and averted my eyes because I didn’t want to see any Trump hate from someone I admire. Now I can go ahead and read it! Thanks for the tip!
Assange and his leaks were a huge service to Trump’s campaign. We found out about Hillary’s speech to bankers saying you have a public position and a private position. He found out about her Uranium deals, dirt on Benghazi, about the Podesta brothers pedophile pizzagate ring. Etc.
About many of her dirty deals.
Assange helped us win. And Snowden told us that Clapped lied and proved it. The American people are the main target of the most intense surveillance state in human history. (although China is closing in, and might be ahead by now)
She’s probably getting lambasted by the Left, because she actually doesn’t think Trump is “Hitler”.
I’ll bet he made a one-time total purchase.
As her Dad was a Marine on Guadalcanal, I somehow think he would NOT be mortified about releasing Assange.
My father was such a man also. He never questioned government, the military or his patriotism. At the end of his life though, after watching the Russia hoax unravel, he became a firm believer in the notion of the deep-state and that our government and politics has been captured by globalist, progressive, money interests.
OMG There would be apocalyptic liberal head explosion heard around the world.
I heard this story. At first Rush was playing without paying. Then the lawyers called and said to stop. So Rush offered a sum and they agreed. Hynde said she doesn’t agree with Rush but her parents were/are huge Limbaugh fans so she said ok. Rush pays her royalties every year but he did not say how much.
Sounds like her ‘Rush’ Dad raised her well.
One screwed up chick with a screwed upbringing. There are things about her worth looking into though. I do believe she wrote a book.
+1.
Chelsea manning can rot.
Snowden was on Joe Rogan’s podcast a few months ago for the entire 3 hours. It is must see viewing. The guy is very, very articulate and very very smart. It was really eye opening. It’s on youtube.
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