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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 yall 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 Americas top social media platforms. But the reports contained another finding that was largely overlooked the Russians also focused on boosting Steins candidacy through social media posts like the one from @woke_blacks.
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)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.
apcalc
(4,463 posts)DFW
(54,365 posts)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.