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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Won't Rule Out Using Stolen Data in 2020 Campaign
Democratic candidates have committed not to use hacked materials. The Trump campaign declined to make such a pledge.
Nearly three years after hacked materials upended the 2016 presidential campaign, every Democratic candidate running for the White House has pledged not to knowingly use such material should they end up being published during the current election cycle.
Only one 2020 campaign declined to make such a commitment: President Donald Trumps.
The Daily Beast asked each presidential campaign either up-and-running or in its exploratory phase whether they would commit to not knowingly using or referencing hacked material that appears online on grounds that it may have been obtained illegally.
Each Democratic candidate responded with some form of commitment to not used hacked materials. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrands (D-N.Y.) team issued a statement in the senators name in which she stressed that both campaigns and members of the media needed to learn serious lessons from their cyber attack on our election systems in 2016.
Only one 2020 campaign declined to make such a commitment: President Donald Trumps.
The Daily Beast asked each presidential campaign either up-and-running or in its exploratory phase whether they would commit to not knowingly using or referencing hacked material that appears online on grounds that it may have been obtained illegally.
Each Democratic candidate responded with some form of commitment to not used hacked materials. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrands (D-N.Y.) team issued a statement in the senators name in which she stressed that both campaigns and members of the media needed to learn serious lessons from their cyber attack on our election systems in 2016.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/every-2020-candidate-but-trump-promises-no-stolen-data?ref=home
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Trump Won't Rule Out Using Stolen Data in 2020 Campaign (Original Post)
spanone
Feb 2019
OP
Why wouldn't he? There have been zero consequences for hundreds of felonies before this.
onecaliberal
Feb 2019
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Andy823
(11,495 posts)1. Not surprised
The only way trump can win is by cheating, whether it be using hacked material, using Russia again to spread false information to the voters, purging voters, or any other unethical means. Republicans in general can't win without cheating, so it seems.
Zoonart
(11,879 posts)2. They are so emboldened by inaction that they are going to steal this election
right in front of our faces. They are daring us to act. Everything that comes out of this whitehouse is a big F*#$ YOU!
onecaliberal
(32,898 posts)3. Why wouldn't he? There have been zero consequences for hundreds of felonies before this.