Is ‘I’m not a Russian agent, you’re a Russian agent’ the future of American politics?
http://dailytorch.com/2020/02/is-im-not-a-russian-agent-youre-a-russian-agent-the-future-of-american-politics/
Who’s winning the Moscow primary? On Feb. 21, the Washington Post reported that Russia is trying to help boost Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination: “U.S. officials have told Sen. Bernie Sanders that Russia is attempting to help his presidential campaign as part of an effort to interfere with the Democratic contest, according to people familiar with the matter.” But it’s apparently a bipartisan affair as, in the very same story, the Russians are simultaneously reportedly backing President Donald Trump, too. The article refers to “a briefing to lawmakers last week in which a senior intelligence official said that Russia wants to see Trump reelected, viewing his administration as more favorable to the Kremlin’s interests…” Here we go again. So, if it comes down to Sanders and Trump in the general election, who does Russia support? It doesn’t matter, because none of this is real. Sanders and Trump are once again being targeted with the very same allegations made against them in 2016 that they were favored by Russia, when it was a means of discrediting them both as Manchurian Candidates in order to bolster the prospects of Hillary Clinton — and to put down future anti-establishment political campaigns. Here, a defensive briefing of the Sanders campaign was used to hurt Sanders in the Democratic primary race against Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and Mike Bloomberg by broadcasting Moscow’s supposed preference for Sanders. For now, it’s a campaign talking point. But are we about to see a repeat of 2016, with ridiculous intel interference in the elections?
