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RandySF

(58,786 posts)
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:48 PM Dec 2018

Russians Boosted Jill Stein to Help Trump Win

“Two days before the 2016 presidential election, an Instagram account called @woke_blacks posted a message in support of long-shot Green Party candidate Jill Stein,” NBC News reports.

Said the post: “The excuse that a lost Black vote for Hillary is a Trump win is bs. It could be late, but y’all might want to support Jill Stein instead.”

“According to a report commissioned by the Senate, the account was a fake, part of the Russian campaign to sway the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump. The report was one of two that leaked this week saying the Russian effort to disrupt the election specifically targeted black voters and harnessed America’s top social media platforms. But the reports contained another finding that was largely overlooked — the Russians also focused on boosting Stein’s candidacy through social media posts like the one from @woke_blacks.”


https://politicalwire.com/2018/12/22/russians-boosted-jill-stein-to-help-trump-win/

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Russians Boosted Jill Stein to Help Trump Win (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2018 OP
MUCH MUCH more of this to come, soon. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #1
We know flibbitygiblets Dec 2018 #2
Surprise, surprise! Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #3
what did she get ? Champion Jack Dec 2018 #4
Enough raw votes RandySF Dec 2018 #7
Where did the leftover recount money go? ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #5
Sure as hell took way to long for this story to break. Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #6

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
1. MUCH MUCH more of this to come, soon.
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:50 PM
Dec 2018

ANY support for ANYBODY other than the DEMOCRATIC candidate

DEMOCRATIC candidate, is support for TREASON

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