Well, let me ask you about the criticism you've mentioned of this, probably the most common criticism of you, that you love Putin. So just to linger on it, what's, what do you think is the foundation of this criticism? The very day that I announced my candidacy, that I was running for president, which was in February 2019, as I the hour, the hour that I walked up onto that stage to announce my candidacy, it was in Hawaii, and I gave my announcement speech. NBC News published a hit piece that planted the seeds of suspicion in voters minds that somehow I was a darling of Putin and Russia. and whatever. It was baseless, all of it baseless. And that continued like a straight, a steady drumbeat throughout my candidacy. (41:35–42:03)
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Claims NBC News published a piece suggesting she was favored by Putin and Russia when she announced her presidential candidacy.
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