According to The Intercept& #39;s @mehdirhasan, "Russian bots" were a factor in the election of Donald Trump. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇷🇺" title="Flag of Russia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Russia"> https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1248308511068610561">https://twitter.com/mehdirhas...
According to me, Russiagate bots have already massively helped Trump& #39;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),">https://twitter.com/aaronjmat... this is a case in point. If in 2020 you& #39;re still blaming "Russian bots"/Jill Stein for 2016, don& #39;t call yourself an "adversarial journalist."
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