She thanked the ballot counters tonight!
Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.
shareJoseph Stalin said, "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
shareI was just reading that somewhere else about 10 minutes ago! 😅 It's what inspired this thread.
shareYeah, no he didn't.
According to politfact, they say Stalin never said it. Like snopes, they put FALSE on stories even if the body of their stories disputes the conclusion. From politfact:
In memoirs written after his retirement, Boris Bazhanov, Stalin’s former personal secretary, claimed that Stalin said: "Я считаю, что совершенно неважно, кто и как будет в партии голосовать; но вот что чрезвычайно важно, это кто и как будет считать голоса." It translates to: "I regard it as completely unimportant who in the party will vote and how, but it is extremely important who will count the votes and how."
So it's up in the air, but regardless of who said it, it still is accurate.