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Russian Trolls Tried to Torpedo Romney as Top Diplomat
March 8, 2018 at 10:20 am EST By Taegan Goddard
“Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, Russia-backed online ‘trolls’ flooded social media to try to block Mitt Romney from securing a top job in the incoming administration,” a Wall Street Journal analysis shows.
“The operatives called the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, then a contender for secretary of state, a ‘two headed snake’ and a ‘globalist puppet,’ promoted a rally outside Trump Tower and spread a petition to block Mr. Romney’s appointment to the top diplomatic job, according to a review of now-deleted social-media posts.”
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https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/08/russian-trolls-tried-torpedo-romney-top-diplomat/