The race for the nomination of the US Democrats - and then the White House - was anything but boring anyway. But now the former Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has spoken - and opened a new front. She warned of a Russia-backed third candidate from the opposition camp in the US election next year.
Russia has "in mind a politician who is currently taking part in the Democratic primary," Clinton said in the podcast "Campaign HQ" broadcast on Thursday. "You build it up to be the third candidate."
"She is the favorite of the Russians," said the ex-US Foreign Minister, who was defeated in 2016 in the presidential election against today's head of state Donald Trump. The suspected politician receives massive support on the Internet. The goal is to chase decisive votes from the candidate of the Democrats in the presidential election next year and thus to allow Trump a second term.
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Hillary Clinton (April 2019): Remarkable suspicion
Although Clinton did not give a name, a spokesman later confirmed, according to politico.com, that Tulsi Gabbard was meant. She is given virtually no chance of the Democratic nomination, in surveys she is on the back seats. However, she was present in three TV duels of the Democrats and was able to increase their notoriety so.
None of the other women applying for the Democratic candidacy, however, is as closely associated with Moscow as Gabbard. US media had reported, among other things, that Russia-related sites on the Internet had celebrated the election campaign of Gabbard and defended their policies.
Great! Thank you @HillaryClinton. You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the red that has been sickening the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out of the curtain. From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a ...
- Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) 18 October 2019The reaction of Gabbard was not long in coming - and it is more than clear. On Twitter, she described Clinton as the "embodiment of corruption" and "warrior". "Now that you have finally come out behind the curtain, there has been a targeted campaign to destroy my reputation since the announcement of our candidacy, we wondered who is behind it and what the goals are, and now we know it's always been you. "
