Hillary Clinton Blames Russia, James Comey, Wikileaks, And Bernie Sanders For Her Loss To Trump

Hillary Clinton Blames Russia, James Comey, Wikileaks, And Bernie Sanders For Her Loss To Trump

Hillary Clinton Says Russia Used Hacking ‘to Great Effect’ in Her Defeat. Hillary Clinton left no doubt on Thursday that she believes Russia contributed to her defeat by interfering in the election, condemning what she called Moscow’s “weaponization of information.” “I didn’t fully understand how impactful that was,” Mrs. Clinton said at a women’s conference in New York. She said she was convinced that intrusions into Democratic Party leaders’ emails were carried out by Russian hackers under orders from President Vladimir V. Putin and aided by so-called online trolls and social media bots to spread disinformation.

“It is something that Putin has used inside Russia, outside Russia to great effect,” Mrs. Clinton said, and she called for an independent investigation into Russian involvement.

“I’m hopeful that the Congress will pull together and realize that because of the success the Kremlin feels it’s had they’re not going to go away,” Mrs. Clinton said. “So whatever party you are, whatever business you run, whatever concerns you have, if we don’t take action together to hold whoever was involved accountable, they will be back time and time again.”

Mrs. Clinton made the remarks at the Women in the World conference in Manhattan, where she was interviewed by the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof before an audience of about 3,000 people. It was her first extensive interview since her loss in November to Donald J. Trump. She did not stint on criticism of the Trump White House. “I don’t take any pleasure in seeing the kind of chaotic functioning” of the current administration, Mrs. Clinton said. “Here’s what I don’t understand — I don’t understand the commitment to hurt so many people that this administration, this White House, seems to be pursuing.” Women in particular, she said, are under attack by Mr. Trump’s policies. “The targeting of women — which is what’s going on — is absolutely beyond any political agenda,” Mrs. Clinton said, pointing in particular to the State Department’s move to defund the United Nations Population Fund, among other programs. She criticized efforts to strip maternity care and other treatments from Republicans’ failed bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. “They had not a clue what that meant,” she said. “I don’t know if any of them had ever even read the bill.” “As a person, I’m OK. As an American, I’m pretty worried,” Hillary Clinton said on Thursday in regards to the nascent Trump presidency. At the Women in the World conference in New York City, Clinton said she did not understand Trump pursuing an apparent “commitment to hurt so many people.”

Blaming Russian president Vladimir Putin directly for meddling in the presidential election, Clinton said she favored “an independent, non-partisan investigation” into what had occurred. “If we don’t take action together to hold whoever it was accountable, they will be back again.” Clinton also said FBI director James Comey’s decision to reopen investigations into her emails, and WikiLeaks, had had “a determinative effect” in her election loss.

“I do admit it was somewhat gratifying,” she said of the failure of TrumpCare to pass. Clinton also voiced her support for “taking out” Syria’s air force, after a chemical attack killed more than 70 people in the country. As part of her introduction to Clinton’s first major interview since losing the 2016 presidential election, the comedian and TV host Samantha Bee said to an as-yet-unseen Clinton, “It should have been you.” The loud applause that greeted that pronouncement was nothing compared to the roar and standing ovation that greeted Clinton herself, as she took a seat opposite her interviewer, the journalist Nicholas Kristof. Accepting “there are certainly enough condolences to go around” over her loss, Clinton said, in reference to the turmoil of the Trump presidency: Hillary Clinton Russia. Hillary Clinton Putin. Clinton Putin. Clinton Russia. Hillary Clinton.

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