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While Russians had a part, Trump was not completely propped up by Russian propaganda support. It's not unreasonable that many Trump voters had no or little cont
by FLUX-YOU 9y ago
While Russians had a part, Trump was not completely propped up by Russian propaganda support. It's not unreasonable that many Trump voters had no or little contact with fake profiles run by Russians, and were not significantly influenced by it.
But we can't really know that without tracking down all of their activity.
I abhor Trump, but he had plenty of organic and authentic support here in America. I don't think we'll ever find a smoking gun that says "Trump wouldn't have been president or won the primary if it weren't for this one Russian effort" (but stranger things have happened).
- pdx 9y agoIt seems that the goal was to promote discontent in general. There were anti-Trump activities as well, such as the post-election NYC protest set up on Facebook.
- FLUX-YOU 9y agoThey switched to that after they won, but before the election, they only supported Trump and discredited Hillary it seems. It would be weird if they had supported Hillary in any significant way before the election.
- IntronExon 9y agoAs close as modern elections have been in the US, you don’t need to prop, just nudge.
- marshray 9y agoThe number of voters needed to flip this election would fit into a stadium.