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> The Republican-led, bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee found, over the course of their 3.5 year investigation, that there was in fact Russian interferen
by einpoklum 6y ago
> The Republican-led, bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee found, over the course of their 3.5 year investigation, that there was in fact Russian interference.
1. It "found", i.e. asserted, that there had been - but no evidence of interference in the elections, nor even covert influence on public opinion, by the Russian government was presented.
2. Of course Russia had some influence the elections: Through RT America, which has significant viewership. This is actually much more influential than the sophomoric Jesus-vs-Satan or Buff-Bernie Facebook memes which much of the investigation focused on.
> You can find the actual report (all 5 volumes) here [0].
I scoured the Muller report, when it came out, looking for the evidence of ussian interference
> Let's for a moment, assume that the Russians were indeed behind the interference campaign
You're already assuming there had been an interference campaign. But there wasn't one.
Also, the term "The Russians" conflates Russian people with the Russian government. This use of plural nouns is nearly always underhanded: "The Americans", "The Jews", "The blacks" - they all must have done something nefarious, they're up to no good, they're a danger to "us" etc.
> it was about weakening your enemy's unity... tried and true methods... enemies of the US... Russian long-term psyops
Ah, back to the cold war.
This kind of rhetoric also emphasizes how the Russia interference conspiracy theory is at the end of the day an internal political tool, to discredit criticism of the political establishment as it veers farther away from public sentiment.