This is how misinformation and disinformation takes root, and maybe runs people down rabbit holes.
Never is a long time.
Just for clarification:
Are you stating that Sarah Palin did not ever say anything very similar?
Because in 2008,
what Gov. Sarah Palin actually said, was paraphrased really closely by SNL's Tina Fey...
Don't take my word for it. Copy this link into your URL window and read away:
https://www.newsweek.com/palin-revives-see-russia-alaska-comment-1696388