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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 08:08 PM Dec 2018

Russians Boosted Jill Stein to Help Trump Win

Russians Boosted Jill Stein to Help Trump Win

December 22, 2018 at 8:12 am EST By Taegan Goddard 244 Comments

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

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“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.”

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Russians Boosted Jill Stein to Help Trump Win (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2018 OP
Yep. She works for them. She is not the only one. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #1
You don't sit at this table, with these people, for nothing. apcalc Dec 2018 #2
I would have thought that Stein's "appeal" would have fallen on deaf ears. I was wrong DFW Dec 2018 #3

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
1. Yep. She works for them. She is not the only one.
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 08:19 PM
Dec 2018

For me it is real simple, whether you are on KGB payroll or your actions ALIGN with theirs, same thing.

It is not over. Stein is outed now but the same thing will be done again supporting someone else who we are told is not who they really are.

DFW

(54,365 posts)
3. I would have thought that Stein's "appeal" would have fallen on deaf ears. I was wrong
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 08:34 PM
Dec 2018

I know one guy, a political commentator with a blog and podcasts in DC, who sometimes also gets guest spots on talk shows, who fell for Stein's act lock, stock, and barrel. I couldn't believe it.

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