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hlthe2b

(102,456 posts)
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 09:34 AM Dec 2017

Russians Tried to Recruit Black Students to Bash Hillary Clinton



Russians Tried to Recruit Black Students to Bash Hillary Clinton
Williams and Kalvin weren't alone: In 2016 Russian agents approached Nigerian students in Moscow hoping they’d help convince American blacks Hillary Clinton was a “racist b*tch.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-african-students-became-pawns-in-russias-election-trolling-scheme

ALABAR, Nigeria—You may recall those wannabe YouTube stars Williams and Kalvin Johnson, two black bloggers who went after Hillary Clinton with a vengeance last year, claiming to offer “a word of truth” to black audiences in the United States. They called her, among other things, an “old racist bitch,” and a “witch,” and “sick in the head.”

As for Donald Trump, the Johnsons proclaimed they would vote for him “because any businessman cannot be a racist because when you are a racist, then your business is going down.”

Where did these words of “truth” really come from?

As The Daily Beast revealed in October, they were part of the extensive Russian-backed campaign to discredit Clinton and if possible get Trump elected.


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Russians Tried to Recruit Black Students to Bash Hillary Clinton (Original Post) hlthe2b Dec 2017 OP
Racism is the easiest and cheapest tool in their divide-and-conquer toolbox dalton99a Dec 2017 #1
We need to block anything and everything from Russia and Russians. democratisphere Dec 2017 #2
Kicking them out of the world's banking system would be a good start dalton99a Dec 2017 #3

dalton99a

(81,656 posts)
1. Racism is the easiest and cheapest tool in their divide-and-conquer toolbox
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 09:38 AM
Dec 2017

and they sure know how to use it on the U.S.

dalton99a

(81,656 posts)
3. Kicking them out of the world's banking system would be a good start
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 09:50 AM
Dec 2017

Make them carry suitcases full of cash like the North Koreans

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