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(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, running for a new six-year term in an election that his opponents say is a parody of democracy, said on Tuesday that past U.S. elections had been rigged by postal voting.

"In the United States, previous elections were falsified through postal voting ... they bought ballots for $10, filled them out, and threw them into mailboxes without any supervision from observers, and that's it," Putin said, without providing evidence.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ah yes, a Putin, the bastion of honesty and truth.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Well, this one is a confession from him

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Pot calling Kettle black, but he ain't even wrong.

Not even getting into the Brooks Brothers Riots or Operation Eagle Eye or the straight explicit rigging of Jim Crow, the modern political class fully endorses rigging elections

Putin knows the US elections can be rigged because he's had his hands on the levers of power. But he's hardly unique in that regard. Certainly, not given how we've eviscerated the Voting Rights Act over the last twenty years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes he IS wrong, what the fuck???

The brooks brothers riots had nothing to do with mail in voting, neither did any of the other examples you gave. If you’re going to say he’s right you need to qualify that since he specifically stated postal voting as the medium for rigging.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The brooks brothers riots had nothing to do with mail in voting

They very explicitly stopped a district from counting mailed in absentee ballots.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Right so why doesn't he provide proof then? He's absolutely motivated to provide it if he has it so the fact that he doesn't have it basically proves he just making stuff up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Right so why doesn’t he provide proof then?

I cited multiple examples with ample proof behind them.

Are you denying the Brooks Brothers Riot and Operation Eagle Eye happened? Or are you just upset that Putin isn't enumerating them from his bully pulpit?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Lol see, this dude had facts to back up his claim but because what he said was something people dont want to hear he gets downvoted to zero. I notice that a lot on here. It's part of the sewer that leaked over from Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe they simply worded their comment poorly. Yeah we have had elections stolen before but Putin is NOT right in stating that it was by way of mail in voting. Absolute bullshit on that.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

we have had elections stolen before

Pretty gross how it took so long for you to admit this. Especially since this point is the entire essence of the article.

If you agree that American elections have previously been stolen then why are you disagreeing so emotionally with the post? If you admit that US democracy is a sham then why are you yelling at Putin rather than yelling at your own country's lack of human rights?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Whoa there buddy. It ain't a sham. Not yet anyways.