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dalton99a

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5. Putin gave them the new narrative

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Aug 1, 2021, 03:58 PM

Aug 2021

He even pointed to the arrests of hundreds of suspects in the U.S. Capitol riot and the death of one rioter as proof that the U.S. also targets its citizens for their political opinions, just as Russia is accused of stifling dissent. (The FBI has arrested people for the violence inflicted on the seat of government in Washington, rather than for their political opinions.)

"We have a saying: 'Don't be mad at the mirror if you are ugly,'" he said. "It has nothing to do with you personally. But if somebody blames us for something, what I say is, why don't you look at yourselves? You will see yourselves in the mirror, not us."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/putin-talks-hacking-navalny-capitol-riot-ahead-biden-summit-n1270640

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Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative [View all] Zorro Jul 2021 OP

Yeah. No pwb Jul 2021 #1

They are not political prisoners bottomofthehill Jul 2021 #2

It was PUTIN who first put the 'political prisoners' meme out there. eppur_se_muova Aug 2021 #3

They try to convince their base Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 #4

Putin gave them the new narrative dalton99a Aug 2021 #5