Ex-Democrat, reported contender for Trump running mate, sued Clinton for Russia remark but dropped case

Ex-Democrat, reported contender for Trump running mate, sued Clinton for Russia remark but dropped case

Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman, has repeated a discredited claim about Hillary Clinton that previously saw Gabbard lodge then drop a $50m defamation suit in a new book published as she seeks to be named Donald Trump’s running mate for US president.

Accusing Democrats of making up “a conspiracy theory that [Trump] was ‘colluding’ with the Russians to win the election” in 2016, Gabbard claims: “Hillary Clinton used a similar tactic against me when I ran for president in 2020, accusing me of being ‘groomed by the Russians’.”

Gabbard ran for the Democratic nomination. Clinton did not accuse her of being “groomed by the Russians”.

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
    231·
    8 months ago

    Why is she drawing attention to her Russian involvement? I don’t think this is gonna work the way they think. And btw Clinton isn’t running, so why are they even bothering to go after her?

    • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      122·
      8 months ago

      For several reasons:

      • Few people get the MAGA morons fired up and angry like Clinton.
      • They’re desperate to re-litigate the 2016 election, the last time Trump won anything.
      • All the attacks on Biden have comically failed, so they’d rather run against Clinton.