Irony at Democrats becoming staunch Russia hawks is a constant amazement. We went from Barack Obama “dunking” on Mitt Romney in 2012 for asserting Vladimir Putin’s nation is our chief geopolitical foe to the left asserting that Russia is under every bed. We believe this was a natural shift and is not political.
But even those who have half a brain, anyone can see the truth. All the Russia hysteria has been meant to make partisan headway, from the claims of election-stealing” interference during the 2016 election to the idea that the Kremlin actively worked to defeat the current president, Joe Biden. The strategy worked to some degree. Certainly, it helped blow up Donald Trump’s tenure, and in 2020, the moral panic over Russia once again took hold of many people who breathlessly believed a few Facebook ads turned the tide four years prior.
Democrats will not stop playing a successful play. They are now ready to repeat it. Russian collusion 2.0 is being prepared just in time for November’s midterms.
U.S. intelligence officials think Russian President Vladimir Putin may use the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine as a pretext to order a new interference campaign in American politics. According to an updated assessment, this is according to @APSources https://t.co/0zUYwImKUl
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 9, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin may use the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine as a pretext to order a new campaign to interfere in American politics, U.S. intelligence officials have assessed.
According to multiple people who are familiar with this matter, there is no evidence to suggest that Putin authorises measures similar to the one Russia took in 2016 and 2020 to support former President Donald Trump.
According to these unnamed intelligence officials, who are breaking the law to leak things to the Associated Press, Russia isn’t happy with Biden’s response to its invasion of Ukraine and is looking to interfere in the coming election. Sure enough, the implication here is that the way to push back on Russia’s malfeasance is to elect Democrats. If you don’t, Putin will win. It’s a strange coincidence!
In this manner, the intelligence community is a regular participant in politics. It has made falsified assessments that were not supported by any data. Partisan operatives then launder accusations to liberal news outlets who report them as unwavering fact — despite there being no source material given. Meanwhile, all the American public is supposed to take from such nonsense is that big, bad Russia wants Republicans to win and Biden’s party to lose.
Also, take note of the sloppy language used in the report. Russia “may use” Biden’s behavior as a pretext, it claims. Clearly, there is nothing actually indicating they will, otherwise you wouldn’t see that kind of hedging. But just putting the headline out there is enough to be a political contribution to the Democrat Party, and that’s all the Associated Press exists to do at this point.
Republicans need to push back against this rubbish, or they will be swallowed by it again. There’s no reason to even grant the premise here. Russia is not the cause of Democrats’ defeat in November. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t hold my breath on most Republicans having the guts to stand up to such a false narrative. Many of these people worry that CNN will call them bad names.
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