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trump won by cheating and help from Russia
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Internal IRA documents referred to support for the Trump campaign and opposition to candidate Clinton, according to the report. While much of this section of the report is redacted, it cites directions to IRA operators not to harm Sanders.
Main idea: Use any opportunity to criticize Hillary [Clinton] and the rest (except Sanders and Trump we support them), quotes the report.....
While Sanders had said in a previous radio interview that one of his campaign workers figured out what was going on and alerted Clinton campaign officials, his 2016 campaign manager Jeff Weaver told The Post in a recent interview for the story that Sanders misspoke a little bit and conflated a few of the facts. .?.?. He did not know, I did not know, none of us knew that Russia was behind the efforts.
still_one
(92,371 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)shanny
(6,709 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,787 posts)He's a master manipulator, can even bend teh Russkis to his will.
Historic NY
(37,452 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Ain't it funny how he's still given credit as a "Progressive"radio host? Nothing says Progressive like taking money from Russian state propaganda television to produce a show aimed at Americans.
TwilightZone
(25,473 posts)Though, I've noticed that it doesn't get the attention it used to.
Anybody But Clinton
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)moondust
(20,002 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 18, 2019, 11:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Because of her support for sanctions imposed by the Obama administration. Putin knew there was no chance she would ever lift the sanctions, and might even make them worse. She might have also worked to limit his influence in Syria and elsewhere. Strongmen like Putin generally don't like women in power. etc.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Response to rockfordfile (Reply #10)
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)sheshe2
(83,860 posts)Hmmm.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Putin is the winner here. He got Trump, his candidate, elected.
Cha
(297,528 posts)already.
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)Cha
(297,528 posts)We both know that will never happen.
Qutzupalotl
(14,322 posts)At one point they assess that Trump would have only a 25% chance of beating Hillary, so amplifying divisions between Hillary and Bernie was more interesting to them.
In other words, Russia thought Bernie would be more likely to lose to Trump.
We should keep that in mind this cycle. I supported Bernie in the 2016 primary. Not this time.