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On 8 October 2016, the right-wing blog TruthFeed reported that documents released by WikiLeaks show Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wants to end to the United States and replace it with a Hemispheric Government because she is an extreme globalist: TruthFeed is, of course, wading deep into conspiracy theory territory, pushing idea that a secret cabal of global elites are plotting an overthrow of democratic governments to form an autocratic New World Order. The material referenced by TruthFeed was Clinton campaign e-mail correspondence published by WikiLeaks that revealed excerpts from paid speeches Hillary Clinton gave in recent years, before her presidential bid. As the Wall Street Journal noted, the e-mails appear to show Mrs. Clinton taking a tone in private that is more favorable to free trade and to banks than she has often taken on the campaign trail: In that vein, Clinton did not advocate the creation of a hemispheric government that would supplant the the United States. Instead, she was expressing pro-trade positions to her audience of business people, saying she dreamed of a hemispheric common market, with open trade, not creating a single central hemispheric government. She made no mention (directly or indirectly) of ending the United States as we know it: The e-mail that contained this wording was sent between Clinton campaign staffers on 25 January 2016, with the following introduction: The relevant e-mails can be read on WikiLeaks here.
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