Hillary Clinton Warns of Upcoming Misinformation Targeting Kamala Harris

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued a stark warning about a potential "October surprise" aimed at distorting and misrepresenting Vice President Kamala Harris. In a recent interview with “Firing Line” host Margaret Hoover, Clinton expressed concerns that a concerted effort would be made to twist Harris’s image and achievements ahead of the upcoming election.

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“There will be concerted efforts to distort and pervert Kamala Harris, who she is, what she stands for, what she’s done,” Clinton said during the interview. She compared the potential smear campaign against Harris to the 2016 “pizzagate” conspiracy theory, which falsely accused Clinton herself of running a child trafficking operation from the basement of a Washington, D.C., pizzeria. The conspiracy, which spread widely online, culminated in a North Carolina man opening fire at the pizza parlor in an attempt to rescue the fictional children.

 

“I mean, look, I mean, the crazy story about me running a child trafficking operation out of a basement of a pizzeria,” Clinton recalled, drawing laughter from the audience. But her tone quickly shifted, as she reminded the crowd of the serious consequences of such disinformation. “Don’t laugh. It was a huge story. And it got one young man in North Carolina to get in his car with his, you know, assault rifle and drove up to liberate these nonexistent children and shoot up a pizzeria in Washington, D.C.”

 

Clinton highlighted the dangers of disinformation campaigns that begin online, often in dark corners of the internet, before spreading to larger platforms. “This is dangerous stuff,” she said. “It starts online often on the dark web. It migrates. It’s picked up by the pro-Trump media. It’s then reported on by everybody else, which makes sure it has about 100 percent coverage, and people believe it.” She warned that, as the election draws nearer, “the digital airwaves” will likely be filled with misinformation, which can easily gain traction and influence public perception.

 

Looking ahead, Clinton speculated that Harris may become the target of a major disinformation campaign in the final weeks before the election. “I don’t know what it’s going to be,” she said about the anticipated “October surprise,” a term often used to describe last-minute efforts to influence an election. “But it will be something, and we’ll have to work very, very hard to make sure that it is exposed as the lie that it is.”

 

Clinton also voiced concerns about the role foreign actors such as Russia, Iran, and China could play in fueling disinformation efforts, specifically through social media. She stressed the importance of the press maintaining a “consistent narrative” about the potential dangers posed by former President Donald Trump and his influence on the country.

 

Based on a report from: The Hill 2024-10-02

 

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

45 minutes ago, Social Media said:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued a stark warning about a potential "October surprise" aimed at distorting and misrepresenting Vice President Kamala Harris.

In other words she knows that some real dirt on Harris has been discovered and is attempting to head it off in advance. IMO.

[Danderman123]

17 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

In other words she knows that some real dirt on Harris has been discovered and is attempting to head it off in advance. IMO.

She's worried about fake dirt.

[G_Money]

 Never heard of Clinton’s child ring in the pizzeria.

 

She just making this up as she goes along?

 

She still extremely bitter about losing to Trump.