In 2016 I believed the conservative talking point that Russia was just an excuse the Democrats were using for losing the 2016 election. Then Paul Manafort went

In 2016 I believed the conservative talking point that Russia was just an excuse the Democrats were using for losing the 2016 election. Then Paul Manafort went on TV and gave the most unconvincing denial in the history of denials (That's what I sai... that's what he sai... that's, uhh, obviously what our position is.) Then Trump Jr preemptively tweeted soon-to-be-leaked emails detailing that they had in fact met with the Russians. Then the Muller investigation turned over a hundred other connections. Then, over the next four years, POTUS lifted the Magnitsky sanctions and turned a stubbornly blind eye every time Russia did something stinky, often directly contradicting public statements made minutes before/after from his own office. Anyway, point is: there's an extremely powerful propaganda machine dead set on deflecting attention away from Russia, and that's concerning. More proof one way or another is always better, but this whole "there is no amount of evidence that can convince me Russia did it" trend is a problem.