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0 pointsdd363y ago0 comments

The info on Russia gate is public record in courts, the special counsel report, inspector general report, etc. Russia supported Donald Trump.

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ch4s33y ago

I mean Russia Gate in the conspiratorial Trump as Russian agent sense, which seems unsupported by evidence.

But yes it seems clear that he was Russia’s preferred candidate, though it’s unclear to me whether that made any measurable or meaningful difference. Failing to campaign in the upper Midwest or rust belt as a democrat seemed like an avoidable self-own.

dd36OP3y ago

The hacked and leaked DNC and Podesta emails and corresponding fever dreams of cheese pizza meaning child porn and all the other nonsense definitely affected some people. The DNC emails and conspiracies pushed on the left made a lot of Bernie voters sit out. It all adds up. Our national security infrastructure should actively combat that kind of foreign interference.

ch4s33y ago

> It all adds up

Does it? The DNC definitely conspired against the Bernie campaign, that’s a fact and they got caught.

The pizza gate nonsense seems like a random chance event. How often do crazy conspiracies for 4chan actually go mainstream?

MSNBC was actively peddling their own nonsense at the time, like the pee tape conspiracy. It was a weird time in American politics.

Two horribly unlikeable and pathological liars were competing and one of them failed to campaign in Michigan.

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ch4s33y ago

I mean Russia Gate in the conspiratorial Trump as Russian agent sense, which seems unsupported by evidence.

dd36OP3y ago

ch4s33y ago

> It all adds up

Does it? The DNC definitely conspired against the Bernie campaign, that’s a fact and they got caught.

The pizza gate nonsense seems like a random chance event. How often do crazy conspiracies for 4chan actually go mainstream?

MSNBC was actively peddling their own nonsense at the time, like the pee tape conspiracy. It was a weird time in American politics.

Two horribly unlikeable and pathological liars were competing and one of them failed to campaign in Michigan.

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