Russian Interference 2016

The Senate Intelligence Committee released its findings on Russian interference in our 2026 election. One of the findings was that the Obama administration didn’t want to acknowledge that Russia was disseminating false information and otherwise influencing voters for fear that it would de-legitimize the election in voters’ minds. Democrat Senator Mark Warner is quoted in the WSJ (Report Faults Response to 2016 Russian Interference, 2/7/20), saying, “A legitimate fear raised by the Obama administration – that warning the public of the Russian attack could backfire politically – is still present in our hyper partisan environment.”

Senator Warner is correct it will backfire politically but its not from the Russians, it’s the Democrats themselves. Representative Schiff continues to spout this President is likely to cheat “again” and spews contempt for voters saying we could not be trusted to vote correctly. Their own record of stealing elections tells us we had better be on guard in November. They rigged the nomination for Hillary against Sanders and appear they are working to do something similar this cycle. Iowa is just the beginning of the kind of shenanigans the Democrats pull to gain and retain power.

If what the Senate report is reported as saying is true, Russian entities put a bunch of false information on social media sites and published stolen emails. The emails were a public service as they showed the sliminess of the Democrats. On the disinformation part, instead of partisan politics, how about both parties start telling the American people to not believe everything they read and hear. Tell the voting public that it is important to seek out valid and reputable sources for information on the candidates. Candidate websites might be a place to start. Verify their stories using actual US government websites for data and other facts. Having more eyes on the actual government statistics might bring light to the lack of user-friendly transparency for getting information from our government.