Actually, it’s been kind of fun (and infuriating) to watch the narrative about Hillary Clinton’s election loss and Russian meddling evolve. At first, everyone was claiming Russia “hacked” the election, with Jill Stein wondering aloud if Russian agents had sneaked floppy disks into polling places and reprogrammed voting machines.
Months later, it turns out that Americans were influenced by Russian ads on Facebook, such as the coloring pages of Bernie Sanders in a Speedo doing muscle poses and Hillary arm-wrestling Jesus.
By now, of course, Robert Mueller was to have had President Trump impeached with proof his campaign colluded with Vladimir Putin, but while we wait for that, it looks like Senate Democrats are going to pull a stunt Tuesday night to make sure the Russia narrative stays alive, regardless of its merits.
Inbox: A group of Senate Democrats will take to the Senate floor on Tuesday evening to call on Republicans to defend our democracy against attacks by foreign adversaries with a renewed focus on important questions about Russian meddling and our government’s response.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 6, 2018
Wow, that sounds like something the Obama administration should have dealt with … BEFORE the 2016 election.
https://twitter.com/JamesHasson20/status/960880262279323648
https://twitter.com/BigSteve207/status/960897224438960128
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/jasonelevation/status/960714159376789509
Who was POTUS when this supposed meddling took place?
Who was POTUS when he was warned that Russia is our number one Geo-Political foe? https://t.co/JmmJf4megY— Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) February 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/960881559661408258
The less evidence there is of any significant impact from Russian meddling there is, the more Democrats scream about it.
The real reason for meddling in the first place was to sow discontent, and it seems the Democrats are hell-bent on helping the Russians to succeed. https://t.co/z0v5N8wlIF
— Theodore (@RefDemo) February 6, 2018
Exciting new addition to the party's agenda https://t.co/mLhnyJrPcV
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 6, 2018
Russia, Russia, Russia! What a platform! That and booing pay raises, bonuses, and tax cuts will really help in the midterms.
But it sort of sounds like the ones using foreign sources to meddle in the election were Democrats themselves. https://t.co/aPqE3wBxeK
— While Supplies Last (@corrcomm) February 6, 2018
"Foreign adversaries" — yeah, like Christopher Steele and the British spooks at MI6. https://t.co/CeeP79Vt9d
— Justin Raimondo (@JustinRaimondo) February 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/YossiGestetner/status/960699984223096832
So they're going to call out themselves & #HillaryClinton for hiring a foreign agent to use #RussianPopaganda complied into a #FakeDossier used to illegally get a FISA warrant to spy on the opposition party's candidate, then attempt a coup to unseat a duly elected @POTUS? Cool. https://t.co/WiFTnm7lqw
— Sir Dangerous (@SirYussly) February 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/ImaW1nn3r/status/960699122138230785
I hope they list the "attacks" on our democracy because I'm so sick of this empty rhetoric. What exactly was attacked?
So far all I've seen is the Clinton campaign used Russian rumors to leak to the press. https://t.co/TkPAXa8Ce4— PHX Mom (@tifmcclure) February 6, 2018
Are they going to make any direct proposals or is this going to be another one of those sit-in deals? https://t.co/zelH8xSH9E
— Irregular Baxter (@kbaxter) February 6, 2018
Umm do they a law to propose or is this just a political stunt with no practical purpose?
(I have a guess) https://t.co/mfNi2kRWIf
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) February 6, 2018
They are good at showboating. Sort of makes up for them having no ability to work with Republicans. https://t.co/uqOzf8pzVA
— jeffswarens (@jeffswarens) February 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/GenAugustoP/status/960904532313198593
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