Posted on 02/21/2020 5:51:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Print this article Sen. Bernie Sanders was told by U.S. officials that the Russian government is trying to assist his presidential campaign, according to a new report.
The interference effort, aimed at disrupting the Democratic presidential primaries, has been relayed to President Trump and lawmakers on Capitol Hill, unnamed sources told the Washington Post. The article noted that it is not clear what form the "Russian assistance" has taken.
Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, released a statement through his campaign minutes after it was published.
“Unlike Donald Trump, I do not consider Vladimir Putin a good friend. He is an autocratic thug who is attempting to destroy democracy and crush dissent in Russia. Let’s be clear, the Russians want to undermine American democracy by dividing us up and, unlike the current president, I stand firmly against their efforts, and any other foreign power that wants to interfere in our election,” Sanders said. “I don't care, frankly, who Putin wants to be president. My message to Putin is clear: stay out of American elections, and as president I will make sure that you do.”
The news comes one day after disputed reports that U.S. officials believe Russia is also attempting to help Trump win reelection in 2020.
Russia was blamed for an interference effort that rattled the 2016 presidential campaign.
A U.S. Intelligence Community assessment released in January 2017 concluded that “Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election” with goals “to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary [Hillary] Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.” The report said the Russians eventually developed a “clear preference” for Trump.
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Makes a lot more sense than the other line of crap they are peddling.
What “US Officials?” Give us some names.
Smells like disinformation. Someone is trying to tar Sanders in order to bring down his numbers in order to have the way for an establishment Democrat.
The “intelligence community”, ie John Brennan’s friends.
You have a good nose.
That’s exactly what it smells like.
Just another reason to vote for Bernie in the primary.
This is fake. It’s an intel drop along with some DNC operatives trying to get Sanders & dirty up Trump. There is no Russian anything.
“Smells like disinformation. Someone is trying to tar Sanders in order to bring down his numbers in order to have the way for an establishment Democrat.”
absolutely! they are really trying to get bernie out so that bloomberg and hilliary can ride in as the dems 2020 dream team. the dems figure that promoting the notion of russian interference they are giving legitimacy to hillary’s lame excuse for losing in 2016. should Trump win this november they will again bring in another special prosecutor in order to make his 2nd term as miserable as possible before beginning to try to impeach him again.
forgive the capitals here:
FIRST IT WAS TRUMP IN 2016; THEN TRUMP IN 2020 THAT THE RUSSIANS WERE SUPPORTING: NOW THE MSM PROPAGANDA ORGAN IS CLAIMING THAT RUSSIA IS SUPPORTING BERNIE SANDERS. NOTICE HOW THE RUSSIANS ONLY SEEM TO BE BEHIND THWARTING THE DEMS ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE OUTCOME OF THEIR PRIMARIES AND THE ELECTIONS.
FUNNY HOW QUICKLY THEY FORGET HOW OBAMA TOLD PUTIN IN 2012 THAT AS SOON AS HE WAS RE-ELECTED HE, OBAMA, COULD BE MORE FLEXIBLE. AND IT WAS HILLIARY THAT EARNED A $150 MILLION DONATION TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION BY AGREEING TO SELL 20% OF THE U.S. URANIUM STOCKS TO RUSSIA.
THE DEMS ARE MASTER PRACTITIONERS OF PROJECTING THEIR SINS ON THEIR OPPONENTS. AND THE MSM ARE THEIR MOUTH PIECES.
I can understand that.
I mean Trump and Bernie are so much alike. /s
Bernie is an old commie bum whose policy positions I abhor, but my sense of fair play is offended seeing the establishment pulling the same crap on him that they’ve been pulling on Trump for the last three years. Was just browsing some of the #bernieknew hashtags on twitter, and reading all these ridiculous claims along the lines that “Bernie knew that the Russians were helping him and let them do it because he cares more about winning than the integrity of our elections,” “Bernie is a Russian asset,” “Bernie is another Putin puppet like Trump,” “Now we know why Bernie is winning. Because the Russians are pulling the same strings for him that they did for Trump.” It’s all such obvious bulls—t. They’re trying to delegitimize his victories and sink his campaign. And of course Hillary Clinton is piling on, too, probably with fantasies of being drafted as nominee at a brokered convention.
Yes and they should testify in committee under oath.
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