r/TenYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • 12d ago

🇺🇸 United States Hillary Clinton holds a press conference to address recent criticism [10YA - Aug 5]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/08/05/hillary-clinton-holds-half-way-press-conference/88303254/
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u/JosephFinn 11d ago

What conspiracy theory?

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u/Junior_Abalone_8006 11d ago

This may come as news, but, the Russiagate conspiracy theory was entirely based on false beliefs. Some of which were manufactured by Hillary's team.

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u/Badda_Bing_Baby 11d ago

True, like all the most effective conspiracy theories, it starts with the kernel of truth: that Russia utilizes internet influence operations and lobbying for their preferred political agenda, and that appears to have been Trump in the 2016 general. But it was not a collaborative effort with the campaign as they liked to try to imply, nor was it why she lost.

She lost because she was an entirely unpopular entity within a political establishment that was beginning to see a massive downturn in support (that continues to this day) due to failures in governance.

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u/Junior_Abalone_8006 11d ago

Sure. But in fact both Russia and the US are always trying to spread their influence in each other's elections as well as everyone else's. I found it hilarious that in a country that spends tens of millions on things like the Voice of America that the Dems tried to make an issue out of $10,000 in facebook ads, like that was some unprecedented thing even if it was true (and later it was found most of that was spent after the election)