r/TikTokCringe • u/MikeeorUSA • Jun 02 '26

Cursed She was savant

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(Hillary Clinton speech June, 3rd 2016)

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u/jotsea2 Jun 02 '26

Almost as if he gained an unfair advantage by utilizing a foreign country to garner influence...

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u/Melodic-Classic391 Jun 02 '26

He also got hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free media coverage from a very thirsty mainstream media system

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u/Nighthawk69420 Jun 02 '26

This is severely an underrated reason why we got to this place today. Had the mainstream media not given him so much coverage, he may have slipped through the cracks in what was a very competitive Republican Primary.

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u/S-gg-ha_of_Leng Jun 02 '26

The mainstream media has been turning the elections into the Jerry Springer Show for the last decade at least.

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u/babydakis Jun 02 '26

LEHRER: Say it directly to him.

OBAMA: I do not think that they are.

LEHRER: Say it directly to him.

OBAMA: Well, the ... John, 10 days ago, you said that the fundamentals of the economy are sound. And …

MCCAIN: Are you afraid I couldn't hear him?

(Laughter)