{"id":44182,"date":"2020-02-22T13:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T21:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44182"},"modified":"2020-02-22T16:34:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T00:34:11","slug":"proof-the-russian-plot-to-help-bernie-sanders-is-being-led-by-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44182","title":{"rendered":"PROOF: The Russian Plot to ‘Help’ Bernie Sanders is Being Led By Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week there were a couple of bombshell reports that revealed how alarmed the intelligence community is about Russia’s intentions to undermine this year’s presidential election. One report disclosed that the Acting Director of National Intelligence, Joe Maguire, a Donald Trump appointee, had briefed Congress on Russia’s campaign to repeat it’s 2016 mission to elect Trump. The other report disclosed that Russia has expanded their efforts in 2020 to include the promotion of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n

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These are perilous times for American democracy. Particularly since Trump has done nothing to protect the nation from Russia’s assault. To the contrary, he continues to deny that there was even any attack by Russia, and he supports the efforts of Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell, to block bipartisan legislation to fortify our defenses. Nothing could be received with more gratitude by Vladimir Putin than Trump’s combination of calculated self-interest and willful negligence. And the differences between the responses to these news events by Trump and Sanders tell the whole story.<\/p>\n

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Trump was very upset. Not because Russia was caught interfering in our election again, but because this information was given to the people’s representatives in Congress. He tweeted that<\/a><\/strong> “Another misinformation campaign is being launched by Democrats in Congress saying that Russia prefers me … Hoax number 7!”<\/em> Never mind that this wasn’t launched by Democrats, but by his own intelligence chief. And it is neither misinformation nor a hoax, but the fully considered research of intelligence professionals.<\/p>\n

Sanders, on the other hand, more appropriately directed his anger at our enemies saying that<\/a><\/strong> \u201cI don\u2019t care, frankly, who Putin wants to be president. My message to Putin is clear: Stay out of American elections, and as president I will make sure that you do.\u201d<\/em> Trump has never made a such a declarative statement admonishing his pal Vlad to stop interfering.<\/p>\n

To be clear, Russia doesn’t really care who the Democratic nominee is. They only care about manufacturing chaos and discord. They are exploiting divisions among Democrats by pretending to support Sanders. Perhaps they believe that he would be easier to beat, or they just think he’s a better source for stirring up division. But none of that really matters. Russia will adjust their cyber-attack campaign to focus on whoever the eventual nominee happens to be.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Trump is executing the Russian playbook without much of an effort to disguise it. Sanders told reporters that he was briefed on the Russian plans to favor him about a month ago. And it was right around that time (January 17) that Trump began tweeting his “support”<\/em> for Sanders. For instance:<\/p>\n

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They are rigging the election again against Bernie Sanders, just like last time, only even more obviously. They are bringing him out of so important Iowa in order that, as a Senator, he sit through the Impeachment Hoax Trial. Crazy Nancy thereby gives the strong edge to Sleepy…<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n