Former First Lady Hillary Clinton and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are receiving criticism from their own side of the aisle for their constant pursuit to find any connection between President Trump and Russia.
During an interview with Pelosi on her podcast “You and Me Both” Clinton said that her former rival had “other agendas” while serving as president and declared the truth will eventually come to light.
“I hope, historically, we will find out who he’s beholden to, who pulls his strings,” said Clinton. “I would love to see his phone records to see if he was talking to [Russian Presidenti Vladimir] Putin the day the insurgents invaded our Capitol.”
She then asked Pelosi if she would be on board with putting together a “9/11-type commission” to investigate “everything” that took place.
Pelosi quickly responded with, “I do,” then reiterated her belief that “all roads lead to Putin” when it comes to Donald Trump.
“I don’t know what Putin has on him politically, financially, or personally, but what happened last week was a gift to Putin because Putin wants to undermine democracy in our country and throughout the world,” said Pelosi. “And these people, unbeknownst to them, are Putin puppets.”
Clinton later shared the idea on Twitter.
.@SpeakerPelosi and I agree:
Congress needs to establish an investigative body like the 9/11 Commission to determine Trump's ties to Putin so we can repair the damage to our national security and prevent a puppet from occupying the presidency ever again. pic.twitter.com/yR7LQmXm5Z
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 18, 2021
While the two women’s obsession with Trump and his possible connection to Russia had conservatives fired up on social media but many from the left also piled on.
Kyle Kulinski, a progressive commentator, asked, “What if I told you not everything is about Russia?”
“Remember when Mueller spent 18 months and millions of dollars armed with a team of prosecutors and subpoena power, then closed his investigation after arresting *zero* Americans for conspiring with Russia? Let’s do it again! Anything to distract from how rotted neoliberalism is,” said journalist Glenn Greenwald.
Soapbox host Rania Khalek added, “A violent mob of AMERICAN right wing extremists stormed the Capitol at the encouragement of Trump and other Republican leaders, not Putin. What happened is serious and dangerous, why are Democrats this obsessed with making it about Putin while missing the real threat?”
Jesus they are still #Russiagate-ing https://t.co/jIB3mhGrIH
— Jordan (@JordanChariton) January 19, 2021
She might want to be careful advocating for Big Tech to slow the spread of conspiracy theories, her podcast might get suppressed
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) January 19, 2021
lol they’re never going to give up on Trump/Russia even after 4+ hyper-obsessive years, a full Special Counsel investigation, endless Congressional inquiries, and now even after he’s relegated to exile in Mar-a-Lago https://t.co/hLLBrnbnCl
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) January 19, 2021
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