1/In days before FBI opened its investigation into Trump campaign DNC hack became public; Russia tied Manafort removed "lethal" from RNC platform re Ukrainian arms; Russian aligned Wikileaks disrupted Dem Convention; Trump asked Putin to find HRC's emails.....
2/And Trump signaled he was open to recognizing Russia's theft of Ukraine (germane to current Ukraine discussion).
Clearly there was enough to warrant opening an investigation at that point; and given what we've learned since, was more than justified. nytimes.com/2018/07/13/us/…
Clearly there was enough to warrant opening an investigation at that point; and given what we've learned since, was more than justified. nytimes.com/2018/07/13/us/…
3/What remains critical to establishing proper understanding of 2016 timeline, and overall Trump Russia story, is to recognize how enormous and disruptive the Russian campaign against Clinton/Ds was in 2016.
Simply, Putin got Trump elected. A thread:
Simply, Putin got Trump elected. A thread:
4/The diminishment of Russia's 2016 support of Trump has become the central project of both Russia and the Rs. It's the proverbial poisoned fruit, raising undying questions abt Trump's legitimacy, GOP's complicity in what should rightly be called treason.
It is their big lie.
It is their big lie.
5/But Trump's Big Lie abt Russia has changed, is evolving now. Once it was that the Russian support of 2016 was a hoax, a few Facebook ads, no biggie.
But Big Lie now is Ukraine did it not Russia, something Rs already dismissed in previous Big Lie era.
But Big Lie now is Ukraine did it not Russia, something Rs already dismissed in previous Big Lie era.
6/More details this morning from @PostRoz on the evolution of Big Lie 2.0/Ukraine did it edition:
washingtonpost.com/politics/how-t…
Barr has to do his part in this absurd and dangerous drama, and work to protect this new narrative, it appears, at all costs.
washingtonpost.com/politics/how-t…
Barr has to do his part in this absurd and dangerous drama, and work to protect this new narrative, it appears, at all costs.
@PostRoz 7/Final point - if "Ukraine did it" becomes GOP narrative, it should be rightly read as very public waving of a white flag of surrender by Trump/GOP to Putin.
Way beyond appeasement here. It is capitulation. It is Trump aligning entire GOP w/Putin against US/Dems. It is scary.
Way beyond appeasement here. It is capitulation. It is Trump aligning entire GOP w/Putin against US/Dems. It is scary.
