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Posted on: May 29, 2017 at 11:45:30 CT
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suggested that this was the most brazen attempt by Russia to influence any American election yet.
And go figure, your guy was on the receiving end of that relationship, the hacking, the misinformation, and the subversion. Now, you can bury your head in the sand and pretend nothing bad happened if you want, but the investigation will conclude all on its own. And if nothing is found, great; we can at least move on knowing thats the case. But when there is smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, and more smoke billowing out of this story, there probably is fire.
That said, I dont deny that politicians of past have courted foreign powers, but the world is vastly different today than it was 30 years ago and beyond. A foreign country's ability to meddle is significantly greater now than it ever has been, and it will require us to be more and more vigilant than ever before, no matter who is the beneficiary and no matter which party is affected.