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Mon Jan 31, 2022, 09:22 AM Jan 2022

"Cancel culture" Russia's agents also hyped "allegations of social media censorship," as Trump did.

Both TFG and Fox News work for Vlad Daddy .... At least that is what I think and I'm

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Trump also helped Putin discredit American democracy / He helped Putin manipulate the U.S. elections
He helped Putin manipulate the U.S. election in 2020, as he did in 2016.

Trump also helped Putin discredit American democracy. That was a major goal of Russia’s 2016 and 2020 operations, the report explains: “Throughout the election, Russia’s online influence actors sought to amplify mistrust in the electoral process by denigrating mail-in ballots, highlighting alleged irregularities, and accusing the Democratic Party of voter fraud.” Trump peddled the same fears. After the election, as “Russian online influence actors continued to promote narratives questioning the election results,” Trump duplicated that message. Russia’s agents also hyped “allegations of social media censorship,” as Trump did.



https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-russian-asset-election-intelligence-community-report.html

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