Elections

Who would be Putin’s ‘puppet’? Trump, Clinton level accusations during debate

By Brian Murphy

bmurphy@mcclatchy.com

October 19, 2016 10:09 PM

Trump and Clinton debate who is a 'puppet' for Putin in final presidential debate

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met for their final debate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Wednesday. They each made their arguments on issues of the Supreme Court, immigration, foreign affairs, and presidential fitness. All the while,
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Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton said that Russian president Vladimir Putin would prefer to see the other win the election.

“That’s because he’d (Putin) rather have a puppet as president,” Clinton said.

“No puppet. You’re the puppet,” Trump said in response.

The exchange came during a fight between the candidates about Russia and its involvement in the U.S. election through hacking emails among the Clinton campaign.

Clinton said 17 agencies have concluded it was the Russians that hacked the emails.

“She doesn’t like Putin because he’s outsmarted her every step of the way,” Trump said.

But it was the “puppet” line that attracted plenty of attention on social media.

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