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tblue37

(65,502 posts) Sat Jul 2, 2022, 05:11 PM Jul 2022

State Duma member (host of the state TV show 60 Minutes) says Russian hackers helped elect Trump

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Meanwhile on Russian state TV: State Duma member Evgeny Popov, who is also the host of the state TV show 60 Minutes, says that Scotland, seeking to hold a referendum on Scottish independence, "should reach out to Russian hackers for help —after all, they helped to elect Trump."

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State Duma member (host of the state TV show 60 Minutes) says Russian hackers helped elect Trump (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2022 OP

If I were Turbineguy Jul 2022 #1

We knew Russia was providing assistance, including electronic record Hortensis Jul 2022 #2

Duh. Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #3

Turbineguy

(37,375 posts)

1. If I were

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Jul 2, 2022, 05:17 PM

Jul 2022

Israel I'd want somebody like Yassir Arafat in charge of Palestine. And if I were Russia, I'd want Donald J Trump in charge of the US. Stupid, corrupt and physically repulsive.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

2. We knew Russia was providing assistance, including electronic record

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Sat Jul 2, 2022, 05:22 PM

Jul 2022

hacking and releases, to both the tRump and Bernie Sanders camps -- also massive Russian state-powered augmentation of deceitful claims that the Democratic records hacked were far more meaningful than they were.

Scrivener7

(51,055 posts)

3. Duh.

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Sat Jul 2, 2022, 05:23 PM

Jul 2022

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