Clinton Supporters and NeverTrump Celebrate Assange Arrest

Reactions to the arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange poured in on social media, with pro-Assange Trump supporters and press freedom advocates expressing dismay, while neoconservative NeverTrumpers and Hillary Clinton supporters celebrated.

British Prime Minister Theresa May, currently under siege for her persistent failure to deliver Brexit, praised the arrest of Assange in Parliament today. “In the United Kingdom, nobody is above the law” said May.

British Foreign Minister Sajid Javid also praised Ecuadorian officials for their cooperation in handing Assange.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/11/reactions-to-assange-arrest-clinton-nevertrump-celebrate/

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Neera Tanden ✔

@ neeratanden

There are many cultists on this site, but the Assange cultists are the worst. Assange was the agent of a proto fascist state, Russia, to undermine democracy. That is fascist behavior. Anyone on the left should abhor what he did. Not celebrate it.

5:29 AM - Apr 11, 2019

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“It’s a great day!” said Claude Taylor, a former Clinton staffer who now runs an anti-Trump PAC.

Claude Taylor ✔

@ TrueFactsStated

It’s a great day! Not quite great enough for Julian to be clutching Roger Stone’s pic. It’s Gore Vidal. https ://twitter.com/aynrandpaulryan/status/1116319682766573573 …

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8:13 AM - Apr 11, 2019

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Taylor also attacked “enablers” of Assange including Sean Hannity and Nigel Farage, who he alleged visited Assange.

Claude Taylor ✔

@ TrueFactsStated

Does anyone have a photo spread of all the enablers and fellow travelers who visited Assange? Hannity, Nigel Farange, Chucky Johnson, Dana Rohrbacher? Who am I missing.

Josh Campbell

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@ joshscampbell

This is going to be one of those days… https: //twitter.com/pamfoundation/status/1116293898664595456 …

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6:41 AM - Apr 11, 2019

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Pam Keith, a former Democrat congressional candidate in Florida, called Assange a “knowing conspirator with Russia to attack an election.”

Melissa 🇵🇷 @ twilovermel · 4h

Replying to @ PamKeithFL

This is a bad, bad take. Democrats once had integrity and stood behind whistleblowers. In fact, Dems loved Wikileaks when they were exposing Republicans. Shame on you! Unfollowed

Pam Keith ✔

@ PamKeithFL

Assange is NOT a whistleblower!! He is a publisher of whatever he likes for the reasons he likes. He was also a knowing conspirator with Russia to attack an election. F THAT six ways to Sunday!!

8:16 AM - Apr 11, 2019 · Fort Pierce, FL

Never-Trump talking head Rick Wilson called Assange a “b**ch,” telling WikiLeaks to “cry more.”

Rick Wilson

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@TheRickWilson

That bitch Assange can't take a collar. Should have walked out like a man, head high.

Kyle Cheney

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@kyledcheney

Replying to @kyledcheney

AND: Video of the Assange arrest. https://twitter.com/ruptly/status/1116277306161618944?s=21 …

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5:27 AM - Apr 11, 2019

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Rick Wilson ✔

@ TheRickWilson

That bitch Assange can't take a collar. Should have walked out like a man, head high.

Kyle Cheney ✔

@ kyledcheney

Replying to @ kyledcheney

AND: Video of the Assange arrest. https ://twitter.com/ruptly/status/1116277306161618944?s=21 …

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5:27 AM - Apr 11, 2019

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Amanda Marcotte, writer for the far-left progressive website Salon said she would enjoy a “dark cackle” at the WikiLeaks publisher being prosecuted.

Amanda Marcotte ✔

@ AmandaMarcotte

Is Assange ends up in an American prison, put there by the administration he worked so hard to install, I admit I will enjoy a dark cackle at the irony.

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6:04 AM - Apr 11, 2019

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Rick Wilson ✔

@ TheRickWilson

Cry more

WikiLeaks ✔

@ wikileaks

URGENT

Julian Assange did not "walk out of the embassy". The Ecuadorian ambassador invited British police into the embassy and he was immediately arrested.

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5:47 AM - Apr 11, 2019

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Ben Sasse

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@BenSasse

It’s good that Assange will be getting his day in court but let’s be clear: Vlad Putin doesn’t give a damn about human rights.

Dictator defends his lackey.

Story at eleven

The Associated Press

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@AP

The Latest: Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman says Russia wants Julian Assange's rights to be observed following his arrest. http://apne.ws/7GC3zsV

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The former President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, who originally granted Assange asylum in his country’s embassy in London in 2012, came out strongly against his successor’s decision to hand the WikiLeaks publisher over to U.K. police.

Correa called his successor, current President Lenin Moreno, the “greatest traitor in Ecuadorian and Latin American history.”

Rafael Correa

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@MashiRafael

The greatest traitor in Ecuadorian and Latin American history, Lenin Moreno, allowed the British police to enter our embassy in London to arrest Assange.

Moreno is a corrupt man, but what he has done is a crime that humanity will never forget.