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”.

  • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    7 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.