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2016 Postmortem

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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 09:12 PM Jan 2017

A couple of questions about your true thoughts on the Russian government. [View all]

I will answer myself as well.

1) Are you truly shocked in any way that the Russian government would attempt to influence our elections in a way that would be more favorable to them? I'm not shocked in the slightest. I would be seriously shocked if they didn't. We tamper with elections all over the place. It would be foolish not to.

2) Do you think that the election shouldn't be certified from what we currently know? Of course it should be certified. If what we currently know was enough information to void the election then this country would never be able to certify an election. I was hung up for a little bit because of Trumps words to the media about how the media would reward Putin if he were to hack Clinton. Truth is that it doesn't rise to the level of direct collusion.

There is a lot more out there on this topic. Possibly even proof that Trump was in direct coordination. As of right now, I see nothing shocking or that should stop the certification of the election.

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