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.

[impulse]

3 words.

 

Judge Joe Brown.

 

Edit:  And the accurate term is malinformation.  Not misinformation.

 

Edited 5 hours ago by impulse

[JonnyF]

Oh no. 

 

What's Kamala been up to this time?

 

 

[mdr224]

Only candidate worse than hillary in american history is harris

[G_Money]

2 hours ago, mdr224 said:

Only candidate worse than hillary in american history is harris

 
I agree.  Even worse than Biden.  And I thought the scale was pegged with him.

[thaipo7]

7 hours 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.

One thing, Hillary has never told a lie.  The Clinton Crime Foundation was the best thing in helping poor needing people.  Paid out between 5% and 9% of what they took in.  Where did the rest go?

[RichardColeman]

Wonder if Harris left her computer in the shop too ? 

[thesetat2013]

8 hours ago, Social Media said:

“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.

No=one needs to worry this. It is difficult to distort these things when they do not apply to Harris. She is nothing but a flaky twit who knows nothing about speaking or being a politician. She stands for something today but tomorrow she will stand against it to appease the crowd she is talking to. She has done nothing since being in the White House so there it nothing to distort there. If the facts are said she will of course distort the truth of it though.

[JonnyF]

9 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

She stands for something today but tomorrow she will stand against it to appease the crowd she is talking to.

 

Not only that, but with another fake accent depending on the demographic of the crowd.

 

Kama Kama Kama Kama Kama Chameleon. 

 

 

 

[candide]

7 hours ago, G_Money said:

 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.

You must have been part of the other 54% in 2016! 😆

Poll: 46 Percent Of Trump Voters Believe ‘Pizzagate’ Theory

https://dcist.com/story/16/12/28/poll

[Cameroni]

So Hillary did not advise Kamala to delete the emails, like Hilary did?

 

"Yes, cause you'd be in jail"

 

 

[candide]

56 minutes ago, thaipo7 said:

One thing, Hillary has never told a lie.  The Clinton Crime Foundation was the best thing in helping poor needing people.  Paid out between 5% and 9% of what they took in.  Where did the rest go?

The same MAGA m.o. again: repeat debunked claims in the hope it will make them true! 😃

[G_Money]

4 minutes ago, candide said:

You must have been part of the other 54% in 2016! 😆

Poll: 46 Percent Of Trump Voters Believe ‘Pizzagate’ Theory

https://dcist.com/story/16/12/28/poll

You believe anything a scorned woman will say.
 

Sorry, never heard of it until mentioned on this forum.

 

 

[candide]

8 minutes ago, G_Money said:

You believe anything a scorned woman will say.
 

Sorry, never heard of it until mentioned on this forum.

 

 

You must be the only one!

 

The baseless theory is that the business was a front for a child sex ring run by Hillary Clinton and her campaign manager.

https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/dec/05/how-pizzagate-went-fake-news-real-problem-dc-busin/

 

Is Comet Ping Pong Pizzeria Home to a Child Abuse Ring Led by Hillary Clinton?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pizzagate-conspiracy/

[wimpy]

Better hurry up and censor the internet.

[thesetat2013]

7 minutes ago, wimpy said:

Better hurry up and censor the internet.

It won't matter. the news services will distort anything negative about her and paint her in a pretty picture to the world since they are so biased and never bother to fact check anything against Harris. The independent news services who do report it will be ridiculed that they are MAGA or spreading Trump rhetoric and downplayed by the bigger news services. I really do not know why Clinton is worried about it unless it is something that is very bad she knows about and is laying the groundwork in peoples minds for when it surfaces that it is not true. 

[G_Money]

9 hours 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 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.

 

“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

 

 

 

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I had no idea Mini Me left such an impression on Hillary.

 

 

Edited 30 minutes ago by G_Money

[candide]

9 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

It won't matter. the news services will distort anything negative about her and paint her in a pretty picture to the world since they are so biased and never bother to fact check anything against Harris. The independent news services who do report it will be ridiculed that they are MAGA or spreading Trump rhetoric and downplayed by the bigger news services. I really do not know why Clinton is worried about it unless it is something that is very bad she knows about and is laying the groundwork in peoples minds for when it surfaces that it is not true. 

You mean like the MSM downplayed the pizzagate theory? 😄

Edited 23 minutes ago by candide