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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think the Russians are active in our elections and hiding in plain sight.
Nothing to add to that.
2naSalit
(86,748 posts)triron
(22,011 posts)RockRaven
(14,985 posts)On election day 2016, as reported by mainstream media outlets prior to that date, everyone KNEW the following at minimum about just one of Trump's 3 different campaign managers:
Manafort a) had a history of working for Putin-supported Ukrainian politicians, b) owed Putin-associated Russian billionaires millions of dollars, c) had worked for Trump FOR FREE as campaign manager (weird, right?), d) shepherded Trump through the GOP convention during which the official party platform was entirely reversed on a matter of Ukraine/Russia conflict policy, e) successfully tricked Trump into taking a meeting w/ Mike Pence at a time in which Trump had already told people who he wanted as VP (hint: it wasn't Pence, but this contrived meeting happened before the other guy was officially offered the spot).
And that's just a *portion* of the *pre-election* *public* knowledge of *one* foreign agent, in *one* race, in *one* election year... OF COURSE THEY ARE ACTIVE IN OUR ELECTIONS. IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE.
This is not hiding in plain sight, it is merely in plain sight. Without the hiding!!!
radical noodle
(8,010 posts)so well sometimes.
Hekate
(90,769 posts)Spot on