-22

Pelosi Wants FBI to Investigate Pro-Palestine Protesters for Financial Ties to Russia (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 6 months ago by UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

18 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Protesters disrupted Pelosi’s appearance in Seattle on Thursday to call for an end to Israel‘s assault on Palestine. Vocal demonstrators have also been appearing regularly at President Joe Biden’s events. Pelosi said that she would like the FBI to investigate whether Russia is financing these groups.

“I’ve been the recipient of their, shall we say, exuberance in this regard as recently as in Seattle on Thursday. Unfortunately, they want to disrupt our very exciting Democratic meeting there,” Pelosi told CNN’s Dana Bash on State of the Union. “They’re in front of my house all the time. So I have a feeling for what feelings they have, but we have to think about what we’re doing. And what we have to do is try to stop the suffering in Gaza. This is women and children, people who don’t have a place to go. So let’s address that.”

Pelosi continued, “But for them to call for a ceasefire is Mr. Putin’s message, Mr. Putin’s message. Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see. Same thing with Ukraine. It’s about Putin’s message. I think some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere. Some, I think, are connected to Russia.”

all 22 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 34 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Article is 3 months old. Just FYI if anyone thought it was about the most recent events.

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

I highly doubt most of the protestors have anything to do with being funded by outside groups, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the dissent has been sponsored by foreign propaganda/influence efforts. Russia definitely wants Trump to be elected over Biden, and also will do anything they can to cause division here.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

I highly doubt most of the protestors have anything to do with being funded by outside groups, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the dissent has been sponsored by foreign propaganda/influence efforts

All you have to do, to see foreign influence is look at the counter-protesters.

[-] dreamwave@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago

Or both--Russia doesn't have to be on one side or the other of this issue, they have a vested interest in there being a fight so they're happily going to play both sides

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I wasn’t talking about russia

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Yes but of course they're capitalizing on this by stirring up both sides.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

And Israel is stirring up their side. They’re just as bad as Russia

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

That conflict is very messy and I don't agree with Israel's overall actions, but as bad as Russia is a pretty high bar. Russia stirs up shit where it'll weaken anyone in the West. Israel definitely isn't the good guy in their conflict (don't think anyone but civilians are good there but that's another thing) but as bad as Russia? I don't think that. Though I'm regularly wrong so just my opinion.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

and how many politicians have been bought off by Russia?

take a look at everyone whose received money for being pro-israel.

Further, Israel has a massive influence campaign of their own. The only real difference is most people have been convinced that Israel is “good” and we have an “Obligation” and stuff.

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Apparently many European representatives (if the headlines are correct) and from the actions in the US the entire GOP party. But go ahead and shill for Russia. I also never said Israel is good, I was just saying Russia was seeing shit happen and stirred the fuck out of it.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

yes. yes. I'm shilling for russia.

the entire premise is that they're as bad as... which implies I believe Russia is in fact bad. I'm an awesome shill!

[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago

The only foreign propaganda coming out of these protests is from Israel

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Seems pretty unlikely they'd be the only country involved.

[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

And I want her investigated for insider trading

[-] JesusSon@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

And I want Nancy investigated for insider trading...unfortunately, that bag of dicks will probably get her wish before I get mine.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

To distract from Republicans taking Russian money, or what? Basically everything a Republican utters these days is projection of things they have done. Go figure what this means for MTG, or Trumps remark that Biden has defacated in the oval office...

[-] issastrayngewerldkbin@kbin.social 0 points 6 months ago

More deflection. How about we investigate her ties with Israel. Maybe this would explain why she's able to get away with her blatant insider trading practices. Its a mystery how she manages to stay in office.

this post was submitted on 03 May 2024

-22 points (37.2% liked)

politics

19072 readers

1869 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News