I have confirmed this reporting from the stellar team at @washingtonpost. Briefing given to Sen. Sanders was not routine and was provided in response to compelling intelligence that Moscow is favoring him in the Democratic primary, sources said.https://t.co/iW8XqzWrOe https://t.co/Z3l2oHl3g6 — Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) February 22, 2020 For the record, I absolutely DO NOT think that …
Election Year Open Thread: The Other (Unknowing?) Russian PuppetPost + Comments (196)
Wait. Bernie did say something. In the debate, he suggested that Russian trolls posing as rude Sanders supporters were harming his campaign. When he knew the opposite was likely true.
— JohnCammo (@JohnCammo) February 21, 2020
I hope Sanders’ physicians have good IT security. If they don’t, expect a dump right before the general election. https://t.co/YmjP52y1xZ
— M.S. Bellows, Jr. (@msbellows) February 21, 2020
Thank you, Rep. Eric Swalwell. #BernieKnew pic.twitter.com/WJEOSveOER
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) February 22, 2020
Schadenfreude:
Bloomberg campaign uses Washington Post report to hit Sanders ? https://t.co/0VOQowccP5
— Dan Merica (@merica) February 21, 2020
I’m just gonna pre-empt a lot of tedious discourse by reminding people Bernie Sanders never denounced the Russia story with respect to Donald Trump, and assisted with Senate investigations, so people who spin it as hysterical libs vs. Bernie are full of shit
— Proud Bloomberg Disliker (@MenshevikM) February 21, 2020
Yeah it means a bunch of actual journalists decided to call up all their sources for anything Russia-related they might know about. https://t.co/KsETLPR7hv
— DSA Pinkerton Caucus (@agraybee) February 22, 2020
And a reminder how he reacted last time: https://t.co/DKW0TQvWXz
— Centrism Fan Acct ? (@Wilson__Valdez) February 21, 2020
This comes just a couple days after @RoKhanna announced a Sanders admin may publicly announcing Georgia and Ukraine are permanently barred from potential NATO membership. https://t.co/V75w49T6XM
— Casey Michel ?? (@cjcmichel) February 21, 2020
Russia wants from Sanders the same thing they wanted (and largely got) from Trump:
– Apathy toward NATO
– A free hand in Syria
– No more sanctions
– General disorder/distrust in US institutions— An Antic Disposition ? (@pavanvan) February 21, 2020
They’re literally just running the same playbook as last time. And why wouldn’t they? It succeeded beyond their wildest dreams and there was almost no negative consequences to it. And all the people who benefited from it remain in complete denial.
— Centrism Fan Acct ? (@Wilson__Valdez) February 21, 2020
… classify this would be to help Bernie win the primary.
After which the GOP would be shouting it from the top of whatever Trump Tower’s called now.
So either Bernie was co-opted – or he’s dumb as a box of Vermont granite & no one believes that.
— Sunshine City Dem (@ZenGrrrl47) February 22, 2020
The Cosplay Socialists are MAAAD!
Lol they are mad Bernie acknowledges Russia interference and condemns it. pic.twitter.com/zH3wYgHLum
— Luka Dončić stan account (@gdigitalzsmooth) February 22, 2020
They think Bernie should pull a Trump and do Deep State conspiracies.
— Luka Dončić stan account (@gdigitalzsmooth) February 22, 2020
Just like he spent his whole life advocating for single payer, until the CWU didn’t like it, then it was all a gambit for a public option.
— DSA Pinkerton Caucus (@agraybee) February 21, 2020
Russian interference is back, so I’m thinking about how an intelligence contractor who liked the Intercept leaked them proof that it was real because she was mad they were refusing to believe it. They burned her and didn’t come to her aid when the government sent her to prison.
— Jon, but wintry (in a non-religious way) (@JonIsAwesomest) February 21, 2020
And uh, hey buddy, if you go into the convention with only 30% of delegates, they can in fact stop you.
— DSA Pinkerton Caucus (@agraybee) February 22, 2020