McMaster, Mostly Silent Until Now, Says Trump Is 'Aiding and Abetting Putin's Efforts'
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Source: NY Times
The retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster became the latest of President Trump’s former aides on Thursday to declare that the president was aiding Russia’s disinformation campaign by failing to acknowledge how President Vladimir V. Putin was trying to manipulate American voters.
“He is aiding and abetting Putin’s efforts by not being direct about this,” Mr. McMaster, a former national security adviser who is now a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, said in an interview on MSNBC. “This sustained campaign of disruption, disinformation and denial is aided by any leader who doesn’t acknowledge it.”
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“Russia is the primary problem in this area,” Mr. McMaster said flatly.
He continued, “This is why I think the president has to be much stronger in condemning this effort to really reduce our confidence in who we are as Americans.”
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/mcmaster-trump-russia-election.html
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This is evident in repeated voter suppression efforts, the latest in my home state TX. Damn governor has now shut down all ballot box drop off locations except 1 for each county, under the ploy of election security.
