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By triggering these "protests" against quarantine. Dollars to donuts says you can trace the organization of these events back to Russia.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,404 posts)gibraltar72
(7,501 posts)cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)Frog march the entire administration straight to jail.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)bluestarone
(16,900 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)What leverage does Putin have on Trump? Try this on for size:
IMO: Putin has Trump's tax returns and all of his financial records.
It's Trump's most privately-held information. He'll literally do ANYTHING to keep them hidden. And Putin knows this.
Putin very likely went after Trump's private information long before he became a candidate. He knows everything. And Putin is an expert at blackmailing.
So Trump is being blackmailed by Putin, IMO. And THAT'S why Trump fills the role of Russian agent. He will do anything for Putin because the information Putin has on Trump will ruin Trump's entire financial status, life, and holdings if disclosed.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Caliman73
(11,728 posts)I am sure they capitalized on it and may have helped, but I think that the answer is more simple than that. Wealthy people want to start making money again. They enlisted a bunch of idiots to go out and risk their health to protest under the guise of "freedom". I think this is more like the Tea Party, funded through Americans for Prosperity by the Koch Brothers and Dick Armey. They want it to look like a grass roots thing but they are being bank rolled.
There can certainly be an element of trolling going on, but I am not huge on conspiracies when we have historical patterns already from right wing billionaires.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)They are truly everywhere. We need to be more cautious.
SWBTATTReg
(22,100 posts)loose in Russia now. I think some seem always seem to think that there is Russian involvement in everything. I don't think so. If you think about it, Russia doesn't even have to do a damn thing, and people will assume automatically that they're involved, despite no proof of being involved.
No, the protests are literally idiots who think that they are immune against the CV and thus won't catch it and resent government telling them anything, even though it is literally saving their lives.
People need to be reminded constantly of all of those who thought they would be safe, but now are dead. Those that attended funeral services, those that attended a 1 year's birthday party, those that attended church services in Georgia and other localities, etc. The list goes on and on. Needless deaths that could have been prevented.
superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)and Fundamentalist whack jobs. Talibornagain.