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GOP relies on Russian bots to falsely smear Democrats during shutdown fight
Shareblue ^ | 1-22-2018 | Eric Boglert

Posted on 01/22/2018 4:31:40 PM PST by tcrlaf

More and more, Republicans look to foreign operatives to push the party's domestic messaging.

Poll after poll shows Americans blame Republicans for shutting down the federal government. But if the GOP is looking for any consolation, they at least appear to have Russian bots on their side.

Russian-influenced Twitter accounts have gone all in trying to help Republicans and the White House promote the #SchumerShutdown hashtag in a desperate attempt to shift the blame for the shutdown to Democrats.

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“SchumerShutdown ― the hashtag that GOP leaders and the White House are using to accuse Democrats of causing the shutdown ― on Sunday night became the top trending hashtag being promoted by Russian bots and trolls on Twitter, according to the Alliance for Securing Democracy,” HuffPost reports


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: fakemedia; fakenews; hate; hysteria; podesta; propaganda; russianpropagandist; russianpuppet; russianstooge; russiasucks; shareblue; tds
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To: tcrlaf
Similarly to everyone claiming "I am Spartacus" I proudly say: Я русский робот.
21 posted on 01/22/2018 5:12:31 PM PST by KarlInOhio (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: tcrlaf
Poll after poll shows Americans blame Republicans for shutting down the federal government.

Oh, so that must be why the Democrats are the ones who ended up totally caving!

Democrat propaganda doesn't get much more transparent than this reeking garbage, ladies and gentlemen...

22 posted on 01/22/2018 5:14:12 PM PST by sargon ("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
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To: All

23 posted on 01/22/2018 5:15:22 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: \/\/ayne

now that’s perfect


24 posted on 01/22/2018 5:20:13 PM PST by dontreadthis (I finally came up with this taglineI)
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To: tcrlaf

Shareblue?!?!?!

On Reddit, Shareblue took over the politics forum and uses nothing but bots and crooked mods to turn the place into a ultra-leftist echo-chamber.


25 posted on 01/22/2018 5:25:08 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: tcrlaf

This is strong delusion of Biblical proportions. It is hilarious. Man, if their heads were any further up their patoots, they’d have to open their mouths to comb their hair.

Until Trump, they were always able to control the narratives. This has them in a FUBAR state.


26 posted on 01/22/2018 5:32:23 PM PST by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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To: Migraine

“This is strong delusion of Biblical proportions. It is hilarious. Man, if their heads were any further up their patoots, they’d have to open their mouths to comb their hair”

If you think this is bad, you should visit the “Clap LOUDER or you are banned!” mentality at Daily Kos today about this.


27 posted on 01/22/2018 5:36:10 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

Keep believing that stuff please!


28 posted on 01/22/2018 5:36:52 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: tcrlaf

Anyone who supports Trump is Russian-influenced according to this Bill Kristol/NeoCon sham outlet.


29 posted on 01/22/2018 5:41:29 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: tcrlaf

Who are these mentally ill people making these stupid claims


30 posted on 01/22/2018 5:46:36 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: tcrlaf
Shareblue:

Eric Boglert

31 posted on 01/22/2018 6:05:50 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias | "Islamists": Satan's assassins | "Moderate Muslims": Useful idiots.)
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To: tcrlaf

Aw Jeez, not the Russians again!

32 posted on 01/22/2018 6:11:55 PM PST by McGruff (If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth)
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To: tcrlaf

It was C3PO and R2D2!


33 posted on 01/22/2018 6:26:46 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: tcrlaf
Russian-influenced Twitter accounts

That's you and me, FRiends. I got a notice from Twitter Legal to tell me I'd interacted with a Russian bot during the Presidential election season. Problem is, I didn't even have an account until a month after the election. But this is the new narrative they are trying to weave. All conservatives are "Russian influenced" now. According to them.

34 posted on 01/22/2018 6:30:12 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: tcrlaf

Hey, I don’t know about you, but I am a Russian Bot


35 posted on 01/23/2018 7:16:47 AM PST by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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