Mueller Report says Russians supported Sanders in 2016. Do they still support him for 2020?

[MineralMan]

15. Well, if the Russians' goal was to attack Hillary Clinton,

which it probably was, what better way than to support a Democratic primary candidate who wouldn't win against her, but whose supporters could be made angry at her, thus suppressing voter turnout in the General Election.

While some might think the Russians aren't smart enough to use that kind of strategic influence, they're wrong. If Russia's goal was to put the idiot, Trump, in the White House, getting Democrats not to vote for Clinton in the general election would be essential. As it was, only 90,000 total votes in three states, MI, WI, and PA, made all the difference. Apparently, Minnesota was also targeted and turned in a surprisingly low margin for Hillary Clinton in November of 2016. They almost influenced enough people in MN to swing that state, too.

Now, it's 2020. We have another well-known Democrat who is well-liked about to enter the primary race. Joe Biden might well be the very best person to run against Trump in 2020, in terms of ensuring a Democratic victory. So, if the Russians would like to keep the idiot, Trump, in office, they might try the same tactic again and attempt to poison voters against voting for Biden in the general election.

How will we know? We'll know if we see people who supposedly are Sanders supporter trashing Joe Biden heavily during the primaries. If we see that, the reason may be the same as poisoning the well for Hillary Clinton in the last primary season. One can help a candidate win by either stimulating support for that candidate or poisoning the most likely opponent of that candidate during the primary race. How to do that? Pick the candidate most likely to come in second among Democrats and support that candidate while attacking the leading candidate.

It's pretty simple, really, and we should be able to spot such efforts quite easily. That doesn't mean, though, that such a manipulation won't work. It worked in 2016 just fine.