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      Sure

      Regarding the election, in which Hamas beat Fatah by 74 to 45 seats, Clinton said “I do not think we should have pushed for an election in the Palestinian territories. I think that was a big mistake. And if we were going to push for an election, then we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win.”

      https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Recording-released-of-Clinton-suggesting-rigging-2006-Palestinian-election-471129

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          6 months ago

          Wait…

          You’re not disputing that Hillary casually said we should have rigged a foreign election?

          You wanted a source that when the Secretary of the State said “we” she meant the state department?

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              6 months ago

              Your original statement is not supported.

              I’m legitimately trying to help here…

              But you need to tell me what you’re actually asking for.

              Do you need Hillary explicitly saying she wanted the INR (the intelligence agency she controlled when making the statement) because if she meant something like the CIA then somehow her comments aren’t a big deal?

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                  6 months ago

                  that

                  Why can’t you just say what you mean?

                  She said:

                  And if we were going to push for an election, then we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win.

                  She literally said “we” should have rigged the election…

                  While in a discussion about the actions of the State department…

                  That’s what rigging an election means, determining who would win it rather than letting the votes determine it.

                  The only way I can possibly think you have a valid compliant, is if you’re saying that her “we” meant American intelligence agencies in general (no idea how that makes a difference) and not “we” as the head of the state department meaning the state department and their own intelligence agency…

                  And if your argument is that pedantic, it makes sense why you won’t just say it, but not why you keep replying.