@Angry_Staffer The most effective disinfo spread my Putin and the GOP was 1) the 'MSM is fake news' narrative and 2) the 'Russia Russia Russia hoax' narrative. They pushed both of these incessantly enough to inoculate their base against future news stories about the ongoing Russian attacks.
Russia interfered in US elections in 2016 and 2020 to help Trump win. Republicans supported him anyways and continue to do so.
Trump had Rand Paul hand deliver a note to Putin in Russia. Republicans acted like that was normal. Rand Paul invited Russians to come back and hang out with Republicans in America.
Trump shared classified intelligence with Russians in the White House. Republicans kept supporting him.
Trump was angry that the Mueller investigation was exposing the reality of Russian interference so Trump had Giuliani create a conspiracy against Biden. Republicans kept supporting him.
Despite Senate Republicans debunking Giuliani's conspiracy, House Republicans reignited the conspiracy in order to directly help Trump with his reelection.
Those House Republicans knew that the information was from Russian agents, knew it was a lie, but ran with it for years anyways to get headlines and soundbites to sow doubt in the 2024 election.
Trump told Russia to go ahead and attack our NATO allies because if reelected, Trump won't intervene. Republicans continue to support him.
Trump and Russia go hand in hand.
Russia and MAGA go hand in hand.
And yet, Trump is still the leading presidential candidate for the Republican party which means Republicans and Russia go hand in hand.
Why this hasn't been the continuing top story since 2016 is baffling.
The quest for bothsidesism by major media outlets caused what should be the largest story since Nixon to instead be a fact people occasionally mention off hand and then move on.
America simply accepted that Russia was meddling in our democratic processes to get someone they could manipulate into the highest office in the land and one major party still supports that candidate.
It is downright un-American, unpatriotic, and frankly disgusting.