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“20 top-performing false election stories from hoax sites and hyperpartisan blogs generated 8,711,000 shares, reactions, and comments on Facebook.”
"Tens of thousands of Russian bots spread pro-Trump messages on Twitter."
"Almost all of this “fake news” was either started or spread by Russian bots, including claims that the pope had endorsed Trump and that Hillary Clinton had sold weapons to the Islamic State."
"Russia also hacked voting systems in at least 39 states,"
"The Senate Intelligence Committee found that “in a small number of states” the Russians may have been able to “alter or delete voter registration data,” potentially disenfranchising Clinton voters." (Since they hacked the DNC voter analytics, they knew exactly who the these voters were.)
WikiLeaks strategically disseminated the Russian hacked Democratic documents to create the impression of misdeeds by the DNC and Clinton.
Despite the fact that there was nothing in the Russian-hacked emails beyond ordinary communication and coordination, Trump carried on like they were the Pentagon Papers.
Trump said “I love WikiLeaks” and mentioned its revelations constantly.
“This WikiLeaks stuff is unbelievable."
“Boy, that WikiLeaks has done a job on her, hasn’t it?”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...=.816a429d06d4
Despite the constant denials from Trump and Trump supporters than none of this had any impact on the election, to this day many are still repeating the lies that the Russian social media campaign created and spread.
We can see it on this forum. Posts about how they voted for Trump because they didn't trust Clinton.
Think on that for a moment.
They proudly admit voting for a con man who lied and cheated his entire and who was supported by a campaign of Russian-told lies.
Because they didn't trust Clinton.
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