"In hindsight, it's clear to Obama's advisors that they should have hit Russia harder and sooner. They say so in RIGGED. In 2016, they worried if they moved too soon, they wouldn't be able to know what Russia would do next." -- Shimer on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/41951840
"Then you had James Comey arguing to the Obama admin that if you were to draw attention to Russia's operation, that would undermine confidence in the election, and Americans would question if it was compromised." -- Shimer on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/41951840
"The Obama team wanted the election to appear as un-rigged as possible, with the underlying assumption being that Donald Trump was going to lose." -- @davidashimer on @gaslitnation
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"They now realize that the perceived outcome of an election should not be incorporated into policy-making when you're trying to defend against an electoral operation, because that is, as you said, a national security threat." -- Shimer on @gaslitnation
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