Donald Trump And Mike Pence Talked About Russia As If We're Living In An Alternate Reality

function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); Russia was a popular topic during Tuesday nights vice presidential debate, and it prompted both Republican presidential nomineeDonald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, to push the bounds of reality.Via Twitter during the debate, Trump attempted to link his opponent,Hillary Clinton,to Russian President Vladimir Putin ' allegations that seemed to ignore Trumps own repeated praise of Putin, his campaigns work ingutting an anti-Russian provision in the GOP platformand the Trump campaigns multiple political and financial ties to Russia.CLINTON'S CLOSE TIES TO PUTIN DESERVE SCRUTINY:https://t.co/wPYm5vQoyt #VPDebate Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2016 Trump falsely alleged that Clinton, in her time as secretary of state and via the Clinton Foundation, engaged in quid pro quo agreements with Russia over uranium and other assets in exchange for political and financial favors.During the debate, Clintons running mate, Sen.Tim Kaine (D-Va.), slammed Pence for his and Trumps praise of Putin as a great leader.In the moment, Pence flatly denied it and called Putin a small and bullying leader despite the fact that Trump haspraised Putin as a leader with whom he would get along. And just one month ago, Pence told CNN, I think its inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country.Mike Pence calls Putin a "small and bullying leader of Russia" #VPdebate pic.twitter.com/487yD5aLFp CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) October 5, 2016 In response, Kaine said: If you mistake leadership for dictatorship and you cant tell the difference ' a country thats running its economy into the ground, persecuting journalists ' if you cant tell the difference, you shouldnt be commander in chief.Editors note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims1.6 billion members of an entire religionfrom entering the U.S. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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