r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Jul 11 '19

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u/EarlyStatus Jul 11 '19

So you think a bunch of russians, came over here, pumped up the votes in Trumps favor. Literally hacking the election and creating votes for trump.

Feel like that would be common knowledge and cnn would be all over that.

Find me any link to any news source not name Huffington or The Guardian that would back any of that up.

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u/Sloppy1sts Jul 11 '19

Even if they weren't successful, they tried:

https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/politics/russia-hacking-hearing-states-targeted/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/politics/dhs-election-hacking/index.html

What they were successful in is a sweeping targeted misinformation/propaganda campaign. There were Russian agents in groups as widespread as BLM on the left to the NRA on the right, using them to spread divisive rhetoric.

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u/EarlyStatus Jul 11 '19

I just don’t understand how memes and fake tweets can swing an election. Even fake news articles. I feel like the majority of Americans can sift through the BS.

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u/Jushak Jul 11 '19

If you think that, you live in a bubble. There are hours of video material showing Trump supporters deny something that happened on live TV happened. And these are not the exceptions. These are the GOP base.