In another delicious tidbit from Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell’s political history, the Associated Press has dug up a startling claim that O’Donnell made back in 2006, during a previous campaign for Senate — that she had received classified information about a secret Chinese plot to take over the United States.
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As the AP reports, the comments came during a 2006 Senate primary debate with two other Republicans:
She said China had a “carefully thought out and strategic plan to take over America” and accused one opponent of appeasement for suggesting that the two countries were economically dependent and should find a way to be allies.
“That doesn’t work,” she said. “There’s much I want to say. I wish I wasn’t privy to some of the classified information that I am privy to.”
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When Ting challenged O’Donnell’s claim about having secret information, O’Donnell didn’t answer specifically but suggested she had received it through nonprofit groups she worked with that frequently sent missionaries there.
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