There has been a seemingly endless stream from the left about how Russia interfered in the 2016 election, and that the alleged meddling is the only reason Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.
A new wrinkle was added to the Russia hacking narrative on Tuesday when Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch told the Senate Judiciary panel that Russia’s efforts to meddle in American affairs continued after the election, Politico reported.
In fact, after Trump’s victory, Russian trolls tried to spread political discord by questioning the legitimacy of the election and trying to get people to react violently to Trump’s win.
“During the election, they were trying to create discord between Americans, most of it directed against Clinton. After the election you saw Russian-tied groups and organizations trying to undermine President Trump’s legitimacy. Is that what you saw on Facebook?” asked South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham at the hearing.
Both Stretch and Twitter general counsel Sean Edgett called that statement “accurate.”
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So it would appear that Russia really wasn’t interested in who won the election, they just wanted to cause as much division and violence in the United States as possible.
Unfortunately, many liberals drank the Russia Kool-Aid after the election, and often reacted horribly, sometimes even violently, toward the results.
“Their goal is to create confusion and dissent,” explained James Lewis, an international cyber policy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“The target is the U.S. and NATO, not any particular candidate. They just want chaos. It went from being a grudge match against Clinton to what they thought was a priceless opportunity to inflict harm,” he added.
The New York Times noted that during the testimony, both Democrats and Republicans expressed their anger at social media companies for not stopping, or at least disclosing, the Russian campaign earlier.
While Russia may not have wanted Clinton to win, it is becoming increasingly clear that they ultimately just wanted to cause chaos.
A divided America — thus a weaker America — is exactly what what Russia wants.
Sadly, that’s exactly what they got. Democrats and Republicans have been so fixated on this Russia baloney for 11 months, casting doubting on the legitimacy of the election and causing untold division.
The Washington Post noted that all social media companies promised to do better to stop this sort of meddling in the future, but also cautioned that they couldn’t stop every false ad from being bought and distributed, nor could they stop false tweets/posts from being sent.
Maybe now Democrats will realize that this months-long probe into alleged collusion between Trump and Russia has just been exactly what Russia wanted.
It’s time to put aside this investigation — which still hasn’t turned up a shred of evidence — and focus on making sure Russia’s global footprint doesn’t expand further.
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