Posted on 02/21/2018 3:29:46 AM PST by SMGFan
Russia’s effort to discourage minorities from voting for Hillary Clinton — described in a federal indictment released Friday — revives the mystery of why turnout among black voters declined so substantially from 2012 to 2016.
The indictment of 13 Russian trolls lays out a surprisingly sophisticated social media campaign to turn minorities, and black people in particular, against Clinton. Details of the campaign show that Russians understood both the significance of those voters in the election and the language of black social media. “Russians understood how important minority voters were to Hillary Clinton’s chances in this election. They were able to read the situation and say, 'If we demobilize this community, it could have enough of an impact,'” said Bernard Fraga, an Indiana University election expert who studied black turnout in 2016.
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Golly. The Democrats live and die by identity politics. Intersectionality isn’t always enough to bridge the gaps. Stupid tribal voters didn’t turn out for someone not of the tribe. Smart people aren’t tribal voters. Smart black people vote Republican. Hillary should’ve worn some blackface and practiced her ebonics if she wanted to approach BO’s numbers in the black community.
Racist Russians helped Trump suppress black voter turnout.
Collusion! These people in the fake news media and Democratic Party are insane.
Next thing they’ll tell us we’ll all learn to speak Russian soon. Really.
Invite the reader to make the leap: “surprisingly sophisticated” transmogrifies into “effective” (i.e., somehow swung votes/voters).
If all of this is true, then what was the administration in charge at the time doing about it?
Dear People of Color, Racist White Privilege Professor, Bernard Fraga thinks you are stupid.
OMG-—this analysis is the most far-fetched reason to date to explain the old hag Hillary’s defeat.
Shows what swilling vodka and valium can do to your faculties before you sit down to write something.....powers on your stupidity.
I thought only uneducated deplorables like me voted for Trump.
Even Donna Brazil didn’t like her, and she gave Clinton debate Questions.
Most of my co-workers are black females. I remember how excited they were to vote for Obama. But they showed no interest in voting for Hillary.
Readers should be warned that the story is much more balanced than the sensationalist headline.
You had to know, one way or another, that the Rats would drag their favorite racial straw man into their Russia Russia Russia! narrative.
The great uniter was promising the Russians that after the election he’d have more flexibility to do what they wanted him to do
The rest of folk were apparently basing their vote on what they read on Facebook
I said before the election that young black thugs would NOT be turning out in vast numbers to vote for an old hag white woman.
To them, Hillary is nothing but a future robbing victim.
FBI states with 100% clarity Russians did not impact the election.
Leftist jackasses “Did Russians cost Hilary the election”?
Asked and answered, moron.
NO
Did Hitlery Rotten Clinton’s lifelong corruption cost her the election?
This Russian hysteria and red baiting MUST end.
Hey, Buzzfeed, the 1940s called and want their witchhunt back.
Yeah, let’s ask a question to which there is no answer, just to give the professional protesting party something to bray about to their media.....
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