Putin says Jews with Russian citizenship could be behind U.S. election meddling

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: USA Today

MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin says he doesn’t care about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election because the actions weren’t connected to his government.

In an interview with NBC, the Russian president was asked if he condoned the interference by 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies detailed in a US indictment.

“I do not care at all, because they do not represent the government,” he said, according to the interview transcript posted Saturday by the Kremlin.

“Maybe they are not even Russians but Ukrainians, Tatars or Jews but with Russian citizenship, which should also be checked; maybe they have dual citizenship of a green card; maybe the US paid them for this. How can you know that? I do not know either,” he said.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/03/10/putin-says-jews-russian-citizenship-could-behind-u-s-election-meddling/413321002/

[Loki Liesmith]

1. Lets Blame the Jews is the most popular game show on Russian TV

[irisblue]

3. Blame the Jewish LGBT has to be way way up on the games list.

[Loki Liesmith]

13. Thats the championship round

[orangecrush]

2. Spoken like

a true fascist swine.

[irisblue]

4. And antiSemitism still...still

Putin....The whole world will be better off when you join Stalin.

[shenmue]

30. True

[bronxiteforever]

5. Stalin has a true heir in Vlad.

[Afromania]

6. Jesus Christ, it isn't a Muslim person it's a Jewish person, if neither it'll be the darkest skinned

group of people in given country.

[Iliyah]

26. It's everybody except for White racist's Christians (Kelly and Miller)

because they are the chosen ones from their GAWD.

Mind you, most Christians don't feel that way, only the racist ones and those POC so called sanctified ones.

[Major Nikon]

7. ...

[davekriss]

8. He's just playing with us, isn't he?

He knows with Trump and the Republican congress, there's nothing we citizens can do about it. Despite what Russia did before and during the 2016 election amounts to an act of war.

[SCVDem]

9. Again with the Jews?!

Really? That's all ya got?

[SummerSnow]

10. I wonder if Trump will repeat this at one of his rallies

[ananda]

11. Classic Nazi scapegoating.

My hatred for what Putin is doing
and stands for -- knows no bounds!!!

[yurbud]

25. more than our beyond right wing allies like Saudi, or anti-democratic dictatorships

we put in power in places like Honduras?

[Still In Wisconsin]

12. Well, as a Jew of Russian ancestry, let me say this:

I didn't do it, and neither did Bubbe!

[cloudbase]

14. We're much too busy

controlling the world's financial markets. That doesn't leave time to meddle in elections.

[moriah]

17. And poisoning all the wells, etc, right?

Gotta say you guys are definitely on the ball, to be responsible for absolutely *everything* that goes wrong!

if you didn't get it. I really find this disgusting, but there is that irony in most of anti-Semitic propaganda....

[cloudbase]

18. With Passover coming up,

we're going to need some gentile blood to make the matzoh. Busy, busy!

[Hortensis]

15. Evil.

[mucifer]

16. If that was the case Bernie would be President. My best friend is Jewish Russian born

she is a huge Bernie supporter like me and voted for Hillary in the general like me.

I always tease her that she is a Russian spy working for putin. We have fun with it.

It's funny we both are Jewish have the same first name were born the same year and we both drive a prius. I was born here tho.

But, seriously it's all getting way too scary.

[7962]

19. Hey, just like Farrakhan, blame everything on the Jews!!

The weakest argument you can have on pretty much anything is to blame the Jews for it.
More lame-ass Putin bullshit.

[bitterross]

20. USA Today's Headline is too Sensationalist. No need to try to make Putin look bad. He is.

First, I think that USA today focused on the one word in the sentence that would get the most negative reaction from its readers. The quote was:

“Maybe they are not even Russians, but Ukrainians, Tatars or Jews, but with Russian citizenship, which should also be checked,” he said.

If you are a Ukranian or a Tatar you're probably pretty offended too. But USA Today decided to do what gets the most clicks and lead with the third word in the series. No, I'm defending Putin and I'm not saying that it makes it any better that Jews was the third word. I'm just being realistic here. It's this kind of "lead with the most sensational word" practice that gets organizations called fake news.

Second. Putin's statements about not knowing anything are bullshit. To expect us to believe the dictator of Russia, a former KGB agent, would not have the people investigated and not find out what is really going on in this whole Trump-Russa thing is simply not credible in the least. I have no doubt he's lying. He knows all about it because I believe he ordered and supported it.

[Behind the Aegis]

21. Perhaps, however, you need to know some history of anti-Semitism.

Jews, for a long time, have been accused of "running" countries and being a "secret cabal". These charges are centuries old. This is not something often used against Ukrainians or Tatars. So, for USA Today to use just one group, the Jews, in their headline makes sense, even if other groups were also mentioned. Also, it is important to look at Putin's verbiage because it basically says Russian Jews aren't real Russians.

“Maybe they are not even Russians, but Ukrainians, Tatars or Jews, but with Russian citizenship, which should also be checked,” he said.

While I am sure the other two groups would be pissed, I doubt there are many in the US, but there are many Jews in the US, though I doubt many are also Russian citizens too. This is an anti-Semitic attack. Plain and Simple.

Also, did you leave out a word?

No, I'm defending Putin and I'm not saying that it makes it any better that Jews was the third word.

If you are "being realistic", then it is important to know history, and in this case, the history of anti-Semitism!

[Mrs. Overall]

22. Excellent post.

Perfect response.

[irisblue]

23. BtA is right

Bitter....this is several centuries old. Sigh.

[steve2470]

32. Well-said nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. The anti-semitic card

No wonder the extreme right loves 'em some Putin.

[workinclasszero]

28. Bingo

Anti-Semitism has a long sordid history on the right in this country.

Trump and his alt-right brownshirts army will eat up anti Jewish lies from Putin like ice cream on a hot summer day!

[LenaBaby61]

27. putin like tRump--amongst other things--is a racist, lying, disgusting piece of FILTH.

[Nitram]

29. Pootie's playing the anti-Semitic card, is he?

I'd say that was a gross misjudgment. In America, the nazi/white supremacist crowd is the only place that will be greeted with anything but scorn.

[steve2470]

31. Ironic that 20 million Russians die fighting an antisemitic dictator...

only to end up with one of their very own 73 years layer. Granted, Putin isn't building concentration camps for Jews, but you grasp my point.

[LisaL]

33. Russia has a long history of anti-semitism that started way before Hitler.

Nothing like blaming somebody for your problems.

[steve2470]

34. true nt

[Honeycombe8]

35. And here we go: Blame the Jews! (Like Trump, Putin is a "the buck stops...over there somewhere."

"Never with me!"

[randr]

36. Is he taking lessons from Rush?

[Mrs. Overall]

38. Thanks for the clip, Thomas Doubts, and welcome to DU.

Watching Putin say these words, is, well, just creepy and disturbing.

And yes, anti-Semitism is rooted deeply in many places, Russia included.

[Skittles]

40. wha an ugly little man he is

[summer_in_TX]

41. Caught a bit of Megyn Kelly's interview with Putin last night.

Brother.

Call me cynical, but it came across as her showing that her access to a head of state makes her valuable to NBC. In the meantime it just cost her giving Putin more access to providing disinformation to Americans.