Hillary floats theory Gabbard is being 'groomed' by Russia

Posted on: October 18, 2019 at 11:53:28 CT

Hillary Clinton in a new interview appeared to float a conspiracy theory that the Russians are “grooming” Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard to be a third-party candidate in 2020, while claiming 2016 Green Party nominee Jill Stein is "also a Russian asset."

Clinton – appearing on former Obama aide David Plouffe’s “Campaign HQ” podcast – did not mention Gabbard specifically by name, though Plouffe ended the podcast by noting Clinton’s “belief that Tulsi Gabbard is going to be a third party candidate propped up by Trump and the Russians.”

“I'm not making any predictions but I think they've got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate,” Clinton said, in apparent reference to Gabbard. “She's the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.”

Other Democrats have made similar claims about Gabbard, a Hawaii Democratic congresswoman and Army veteran who served in Iraq. For her part, during this week’s presidential debate in Ohio, Gabbard fired back at those accusing her of this