2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWikileaks founder will address Green Party convention
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange will speak at the Green Party convention in Houston via live stream, the Houston Chronicle reported. Assange is scheduled to speak Saturday at 11:45 a.m. local time from the Embassy of Ecuador in London, making a high-profile speech on the third day of the convention, before the party officially picks its nominee.
Assange will be interviewed by 2004 Green Party presidential nominee David Cobb, party officials said in a statement on Friday.
Wikileaks made headlines last month when it released thousands of emails on the eve of the Democratic convention that showed some party officials had worked to back Hillary Clintons campaign from behind the scenes.
The emails made supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders furious and prompted the resignation of DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/290610-wikileaks-founder-will-address-green-party-convention
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
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MadBadger
(24,089 posts)nope
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Somehow I don't think Kremlin tool Julian Assange's hostile meddling in our election has endeared him to America's mostly-silent-until-the-voting-booth electorate.
And, of course, the Greens' new VP candidate is a far-left extremist focused on black rights who thinks Cornell West and Bernie Sanders are both basically establishment hacks and talks in convoluted 1960s revolutionary jargon.
Don't see what any of this has to do with the environment. Under Stein they're starting to act like PETA under creepy animal murderer Ingrid Newkirk -- anything for attention.
bluedye33139
(1,474 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)PETA website long ago. Good grief!
But, yes. Embracing passionate would-be VP Baraka is a whole new turn for the Green Party. They're still trying to decide what to make of it over on JPR. He rejects Bernie's movement and them, so most not unreasonably denounce him and the Greens they once considered making into America's major left-wing party, but others profess interest in his revolutionary messages, while a faction are too smart to be fooled and realize this is all part of the giant conservative Democratic Party conspiracy to take over America for big business.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Vladimir Putin is using Russian hackers to selectively leak information to Julian Assange in a plot to embarrass the Democrats and help his stooge Donald Trump.
Traitors.