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In reply to the discussion: Moscow Mitch KNEW "The Fix Was In" [View all]CrispyQ
(36,423 posts)19. The House is 435 elections.
The White House only takes hacking a few key states to impact the electoral college. I saw a documentary* last night about the 2016 election & the Russian influence via social media & it stated that about 70,000 people in four key states got Trump elected.
* "The Great Hack," on Netflix. Great discussion on data rights & how we should each have data rights as well as human rights. Check it out.
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I think the Rs let the Dems win it so they could sit on their collective hands for 2+ years after.
Texin
Jul 2019
#11
All internet connections from the Russian intelligence service were turned off
bearfan454
Jul 2019
#16
There should be no question about this in anyone's mind. Skepticism can be a good thing, but
KPN
Jul 2019
#9
THAT was the first dead give-away for me that TraitorTrump's Russian fix was in.
MFGsunny
Jul 2019
#12
re:"even when Hillary was considered a shoe-in who'd...pick someone more progressive"
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#14
No,there is plenty of evidence that Russian spies were into every single voting system in the US
Farmer-Rick
Jul 2019
#60
I'm generally not a conspiracy theorist, but I think you may be right in this case
Pepsidog
Jul 2019
#21
as I recall, there were a lot of Russians who also totally weren't surprised on election night
renate
Jul 2019
#23
Unless you seriously think McConnell would have confirmed someone more progressive than Garland...
PoliticAverse
Jul 2019
#47