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Hillary Clinton on Trump’s Election: “There Are Lots of Questions About Its Legitimacy”
motherjones.com ^ | Nov. 17, 2017 | ARI BERMAN

Posted on 11/19/2017 6:53:53 AM PST by PROCON

In an exclusive interview with Mother Jones, Clinton says Russian interference and GOP voter suppression efforts may have cost her the presidency.

A year after her defeat by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton says “there are lots of questions about its legitimacy” due to Russian interference and widespread voter suppression efforts.

In an interview with Mother Jones in downtown Manhattan, Clinton said Russian meddling in the election “was one of the major contributors to the outcome.” The Russians used “weaponized false information,” she said, in “a very successful disinformation campaign” that “wasn’t just influencing voters—it was determining the outcome.”

Republican efforts to make it harder to vote—through measures such as voter ID laws, shortened early voting periods, and new obstacles to registration—likewise “contributed to the outcome,” Clinton said. These moves received far less attention than Russian interference but arguably had a more demonstrable impact on the election result. According to an MIT study, more than 1 million people did not vote in 2016 because they encountered problems registering or at the polls. Clinton lost the election by a total of 78,000 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

“In a couple of places, most notably Wisconsin, I think it had a dramatic impact on the outcome,” Clinton said of voter suppression.

Wisconsin’s new voter ID law required a Wisconsin driver’s license or one of several other types of ID to cast a ballot. It blocked or deterred up to 23,000 people from voting in reliably Democratic Milwaukee and Madison, and potentially 45,000 people statewide, according to a University of Wisconsin study. Clinton lost the state by fewer than 23,000 votes. African Americans, who overwhelmingly supported Clinton, were more than three times as likely as whites not to vote because of the law.

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No, apparently she won't "just go away."

And the Enemy Media is lapping it up.

Have a good laugh.


1 posted on 11/19/2017 6:53:53 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

So, the Wisconsin voter ID laws prevented close to 80,000 fraudulent votes from being cast?

Winning!


2 posted on 11/19/2017 6:56:47 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: PROCON

“Trump is obsessed with me!”


3 posted on 11/19/2017 6:57:01 AM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: PROCON
Hillary....But losing to Obama....an unknown, clean and articulate black man....didn't even ruffle your feathers....And you were 100% certain that you had it in the bag.

In truth...you were the star money raiser...nothing more.

4 posted on 11/19/2017 6:57:07 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: exDemMom

Exactly.


5 posted on 11/19/2017 6:57:31 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: PROCON

Such as illegals voting for you then becoming Democrat voters.


6 posted on 11/19/2017 6:58:21 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: PROCON

>>The Russians used “weaponized false information,” she said, in “a very successful disinformation campaign” that “wasn’t just influencing voters—it was determining the outcome.”

The Leftist Media used “weaponized false information,” she said, in “a very successful disinformation campaign” that “wasn’t just influencing voters—it was determining the outcome.”


7 posted on 11/19/2017 6:58:24 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: PROCON

HILLARY,

Prophecy: Donald Trump Is Unstoppable Because the Lord Is Unstoppable
https://www.charismanews.com/politics/issues/62737-prophecy-donald-trump-is-unstoppable-because-the-lord-is-unstoppable


8 posted on 11/19/2017 6:59:04 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: bigbob
“Trump is obsessed with me!”


9 posted on 11/19/2017 7:00:07 AM PST by PROCON (Blaming natural weather on climate change as a rationale for redistribution of wealth is theft)
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To: PROCON
Hillary is an embarrassment to herself and others. This is also an embarrassment:

" African Americans, who overwhelmingly supported Clinton, were more than three times as likely as whites not to vote because of the law.

I.D.s are required of every citizen of India

"Democrats, who fear that requiring voters to present photo identification will disenfranchise minorities, students and seniors."......that is hogwash!

10 posted on 11/19/2017 7:01:29 AM PST by yoe
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To: PROCON
Best laugh of the morning in cold Californicator land!


11 posted on 11/19/2017 7:02:44 AM PST by Grampa Dave (It's over for the NFL. They have stage 5 Colin brain cancer, and it's terminal.)
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To: PROCON

With the Clintons, nothing is coincidence.

This is a campaign to de-legitimize Trump’s election, combined with calls that any criminal investigation into them is indicative of partisan, third-world banana republic procedure.

What would cause them to engage this sort of spin? What is it they are expecting?

Also refer to Clinton Ploy #1: Accuse your enemy of that which you are guilty (corollary of Alinsky Rule #2)

P.S. That boot must be getting ripe. I broke a toe once and wore it for 2 days.


12 posted on 11/19/2017 7:02:49 AM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: exDemMom

Why isn’t this witch in jail? Proves the incompetence of Sessions.


13 posted on 11/19/2017 7:03:50 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: PROCON

The reality is that she cannot accept the idea that they thought “the fix was in” and that “the election” was all but perfunctory, and she still lost.

They thought they had everything rigged...the Blue Wall, the vote fraud, the felons, the illegals, and it blew up because it was HER,

That’s what is getting her goat.


14 posted on 11/19/2017 7:04:32 AM PST by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: yoe
"Democrats, who fear that requiring voters to present photo identification will disenfranchise minorities, students and seniors."......that is hogwash!

It's proof that democrats don't think minorities are smart enough to get a voter ID.

Not soft, but outright bigotry.

15 posted on 11/19/2017 7:04:46 AM PST by PROCON (Blaming natural weather on climate change as a rationale for redistribution of wealth is theft)
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To: PROCON

“there are lots of questions about its legitimacy” At least there weren’t any questions about Hillary’s legitimacy(or lack of)that I know of.


16 posted on 11/19/2017 7:06:27 AM PST by oldtech
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To: PROCON

Didn’t Hillary say that if Trump questioned the legitimacy of the election, he was attacking Democracy itself and endangering the political system of the United States?


17 posted on 11/19/2017 7:06:30 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: PROCON

HilLIEry—
“There a lot of questions about my sanity”


18 posted on 11/19/2017 7:07:11 AM PST by scott says (Psalm 1)
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To: kenmcg

I share your frustration.

I long for the day when I see that politicians are subject to the same laws that they impose on the rest of us.


19 posted on 11/19/2017 7:07:13 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: PROCON

Keep in mind this is the second time in recent history they have pulled this vile Act of questioning the legitimacy of our president. Understanding leftist speak, that means they intend to install an illegitimate president.


20 posted on 11/19/2017 7:08:20 AM PST by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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