Twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is once again pushing “Russia interference” claims ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
During an interview with MSNBC host Jen Psaki, who previously served as the press secretary for President Joe Biden’s White House, Clinton warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin could try to influence the 2024 U.S. election.
Clinton went on to describe Putin as “a kind of creeping fascism, almost, of people [in the U.S.] who are really ready to turn over their thinking, their votes, to wannabe dictators.”
The “dictator” reference appeared to be aimed at former President Donald Trump given that Clinton went on to mock Republicans for “denying” Russian election meddling in the U.S.
“Vladimir Putin, obviously, your friend and mine,” Psaki jokingly began, to which Clinton responded: “Yes, indeed.”
“He has intervened in our elections in the past. It’s not something, as you experienced firsthand, it’s not something we talk about a lot. Do you fear that that is something that could be happening for 2024? And do you think we should be talking about it more?” Psaki asked Clinton.
“Well, I think we should be talking about it more because I don’t think, despite all of the deniers, there’s any doubt that he interfered in our election or that he has interfered, in many ways, in the internal affairs of other countries, funding political parties, funding political candidates, buying off government officials in different places,” Clinton began.
“So, that’s his opus — you know, his opus operandi (sic) in the sense that he hates democracy, he particularly hates the West, and he especially hates us. He has determined that he can do two things simultaneously. He can try to continue to damage and divide us internally, and he’s quite good at it. Sadly, he has a lot of apologists and enablers in our own country, people who either don’t see the danger or dismiss it out of hand, or maybe agree with some of the positions he’s taken on certain things, including his barbaric invasion of Ukraine,” she added.
“So, dividing us and then trying to seize territory in such a brutal way to try to expand his reach, to try to restore the Russian empire, if not the former Soviet Union, that is who he is. I said that for years. Part of the reason he worked so hard against me was because he didn’t think that he wanted me in the White House. So, we are where we are, and part of the challenge is to continue to explain to the American public that the kind of leader Putin is, this authoritarian dictator who literally kills his opposition, kills journalists, poisons people who disagree with him, invades other countries, interferes with our election, that’s part of the alternative we have to reject in this election. We have to reject authoritarianism,” she said.
Clinton added: “We have to reject a kind of creeping fascism almost, a people who are really ready to turn over their thinking, their votes to wannabe dictators. We can’t allow that to proceed. So I think it’s fair to say that you have a tough job because you have to talk about what’s happening in the news, but you also have to keep people’s eyes on what’s right behind the horizon. I fear that the Russians have proved themselves to be quite adept at interfering. If he has a chance, he will do it again.”
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During the interview, Clinton also stated that former President Trump enjoyed engaging in “what psychologists call projection” with his routine statements.
Clinton also said during the interview that former President Trump liked to engage “in what psychologists call projection” with the routine statements he makes.
“You know the thing about him – and I’m not the only one person who’s noticed this – is he engages in what psychologists call projection,” she said.
“So whenever he accuses somebody of doing something, it’s almost guaranteed he’s doing it himself or he’s already done it,” she continued. “Or whenever he denies thinking about doing something – or doing it – it’s almost guaranteed he is thinking about it, or has already done it.”
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