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Putin says past U.S. elections were rigged (www.yahoo.com)

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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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[-] elephantium@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Well, if anyone knows about rigging elections, Putin certainly qualifies!

[-] acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

$10 a ballot sounds steep. I wonder if they offered a Costco sized box for cheaper? Maybe people should look for ballots off a knock-off site.

[-] badhops@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

I saw an empty slot at my Costco where the Kirkland ballots were supposed to be

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

oops! he forgot to activate the Trump puppet first, lol

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

Putin’s the type of dude who would steal your wallet and then help you look for it

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

“I should know, I did it.” -Pooteen

[-] AshMan85@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

He would know. He was the one providing the outside interference

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago

Seeing Putin Gaddafi'd is on my bucket list.

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Rigged by him

[-] Deello@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

He's right you know. He's just not saying it's the Republicans who are benefitting.

Supreme Court nominations, Republicans benefit. Voter suppression/intimidation, Republicans benefit.
Recounting elections (Gore vs Bush), Republicans benefit.
Tossing votes before they get counted, Republicans benefit.

Articles like this just prove that this country isn't really paying attention anymore. Everybody has mentally checked out. And I don't blame them, this is exhausting. But it's all to the Republicans benefit.

[-] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Well...he would know

[-] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago

What are you gonna do anyway huh ? Take over the capit- wait

[-] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Well, duh, the boss and subordinate have to be championing the same strategy, anything else is just bad business.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Shit stirring.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

So, Putin and Trump are on the same page...? Color me surprised.

[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Like Putin doesn't rig his elections in his favor? Lol

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 points 7 months ago

Of course I know him. He's me!

[-] sp451 4 points 7 months ago

$10? I got mine for $5. And I’m not even American. /s

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