According to The Intercept's @mehdirhasan, "Russian bots" were a factor in the election of Donald Trump. https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1248308511068610561

According to me, Russiagate bots have already massively helped Trump's re-election chances with 3+ years of delusions like this.

The term “Russian bot” has no actual value. Ask someone to explain with a straight face how Russian bots helped elect Trump & they can’t. It’s strictly a semantic signifier of conformity to the establishment narrative, to demonstrate that you are willing to drink the Kool-Aid.

BTW, when I called Mehdi a "left-punching Russiagate Kool-Aid drinker" ( https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1234637517116334081?s=20), this is a case in point. If in 2020 you're still blaming "Russian bots"/Jill Stein for 2016, don't call yourself an "adversarial journalist."