Thread by @ElizabethleaVos

It’s the @DNC, Stupid: Democratic Party, Not #Russia, Has Delegitimized the Democratic Process

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@DNC Clinton’s comments to the effect that @TulsiGabbard is being groomed by Russia & that @DrJillStein is a #RussianAsset were echoed by #DNC-friendly pundits, externalizing what Gabbard called the “rot” in the Democratic party onto domestic critics and a nation across the planet.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein Establishment #Democrats and those who amplify them continue to project blame for the public’s doubt in the U.S. election process onto outside influence, despite the clear history of the party’s subversion of #electionintegrity.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein Influences transcending the #DNC add to concerns regarding the integrity of the democratic process that have nothing to do with #Russia, but which will also likely impact outcomes in 2020.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein To state the obvious: the content of the #DNCEmails and #PodestaEmails published by @WikiLeaks demonstrated that the DNC acted in favor of Hillary Clinton in the lead up to the 2016 Democratic primary.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks The emails also revealed corporate media acting as surrogates of the DNC and its pro-Clinton agenda, going so far as to promote #DonaldTrump during the GOP primary process as a preferred “pied-piper candidate.”

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks One cannot assume that similar evidence will be presented to the public in 2020, making it more important than ever to take stock of the unique lessons handed down to us by the 2016 race thanks to #WikiLeaks.

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks #Electionmeddling via social media did take place in 2016, though in a different guise (and a different cause) from than most remember. @Twitter would eventually admit to actively suppressing hashtags referencing the DNC and Podesta emails prior to the 2016 presidential election.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter Additional reports indicated that tech giant #Google also showed measurable “pro-Hillary Clinton bias” in search results during 2016, resulting in the alleged swaying of between 2 and 10 millions voters in favor of #Clinton.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter The barely-legal activities of Clintonite #DavidBrock were previously reported by this author to have included $2 million in funding for the creation of an online “troll army” under the name #Shareblue. The LA Times described the project:

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter #Shareblue was “meant to appear to be coming organically from people and their social media networks in a groundswell of activism, when in fact it is highly paid and highly tactical.”

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter The New York City Board of Elections was also shown to have purged over one hundred thousand Democratic voters in Brooklyn from the rolls before the 2016 primary, a move that the Department of Justice found broke federal law.

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter Recent reports indicated that voting results from the 2016 #Democraticprimary showed evidence of fraud.

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter The proceedings of the #DNCFraudLawsuit provide the most damning evidence of the failure of the U.S. election process, especially within the Democratic Party.

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter #DNC defense lawyers argued in open court for the party’s right to appoint candidates at its own discretion, while simultaneously denying any “fiduciary duty” to those who donated under the impression that the @DNC would act impartially towards the candidates involved.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter In 2017, The Observer reported that the #DNC’s defense counsel argued Sanders supporters knew the process was rigged.

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter Again: instead of arguing that the primary was neutral and unbiased in accordance with its charter, the #DNC’s lawyers argued that it was the party’s right to select candidates and that Sanders' donors knew the process was biased. #DNCFraudLawsuit

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter The #DNC defense counsel’s argument throughout the course of the #DNCfraudlawsuit doubled down repeatedly in defense of the party’s right to favor one candidate over another, at one point claiming that such favoritism was protected by the #FirstAmendment. archive.is/5dgYD

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter The DNC’s shameless defense of its own rigging disemboweled the most fundamental organs of the U.S. body politic. There is no indication that the DNC will not resort to the same tactics in the 2020 primary race.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter Oh and if you thought the media was going to back down from openly advocating against the democratic process, especially in primaries, you would be wrong:

https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1191773946456227841

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter If @DWStweets’s role as disgraced chairwoman of the #DNC and her forced 2016 resignation wasn’t enough, serious interference was also shown during the course of two contests between Wasserman Schultz and professor @Tim_Canova in Florida's 23rd district.

https://twitter.com/downwithtyranny/status/1056964563986350085

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova Debacles following both contests included improper vote counts, illegal ballot destruction, improper transportation of ballots, and generally shameless displays of cronyism. As a general summary, see:

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova After the controversial results of the initial primary race against Wasserman Schultz, Canova sought to have ballots checked for irregularities, as the Sun-Sentinel reported at the time:

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova Ultimately, Canova was granted a summary judgment against Snipes, finding that she had committed what amounted to **multiple felonies**.

Nonetheless, Snipes was not prosecuted and remained elections supervisor through to the 2018 midterms.

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova A 2014 study published by Princeton University also found that corporate power had usurped the voting rights of the public:

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova In reviewing this sordid history, we see that the #DemocraticParty establishment has done everything in its power to disrespect voters and outright overrule them in the democratic primary process, defending their right to do so in the #DNCfraudlawsuit.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova Despite this, establishment Dems & those who echo their views corporate press continue to deflect from their wrongdoing by suggesting that mere discussion of it represents a campaign by #Russia to attempt to malign the perception of the legitimacy of the U.S. democratic process.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova #HillaryClinton’s recent comments to the effect that @TulsiGabbard is being “groomed” by Russia, and that the former Green Party Presidential candidate @DrJillStein is a “Russian asset”, were soon echoed by #DNC-friendly pundits.
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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova These sentiments externalize what Gabbard called the “rot” in the Democratic party outward onto domestic critics and a nation across the planet.

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1185289626409406464

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova .@Newsweek provided a particularly glaring example of this phenomenon in a recent op-ed penned by columnist Naveed Jamali, a former FBI double agent whose book capitalizes on #Russiagate.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova @Newsweek In an op-ed titled: “Hillary Clinton Is Right. Tulsi Gabbard Is A Perfect #RussianAsset – And Would Be A Perfect Republican Agent,” Jamali argued:

"Moscow will use its skillful propaganda machine to prop up Gabbard and use her as a tool to delegitimize the democratic process."

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova @Newsweek Jamali surmises that #Russia intends to “attack” our democracy by undermining the domestic perception of its legitimacy. This thesis is repeated later in the piece when he opines:

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova @Newsweek The only thing worth protecting, according to Jamali and those who amplify his work (including former #Clinton aide and establishment Democrat @neeratanden), is the ***perception*** of the democratic process, not the actual functioning vitality of it.

@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova @Newsweek @neeratanden Such deflective tactics ensure that #Russia and Russophobic smear tactics will continue to be used as a convenient international pretext for silencing domestic dissent as we move into 2020.

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@DNC @TulsiGabbard @DrJillStein @wikileaks @Twitter @DWStweets @Tim_Canova @Newsweek @neeratanden Given all this, how can one expect the outcome of a 2020 Democratic Primary — or even the general election – to be any fairer or transparent than 2016?