Sorry 2 be debbie downer of the current Twitter/media groupthink, but Trump saying Russia "helped get him elected" doesn't make it so. I covered campaign on the road for a year. What elected Trump was the Rust Belt that had been decimated for three decades through job offshoring
I've always said racism played a part in Trump winning---but I covered the campaign. It's just not true that Trump won primarily because people are racist.
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I didn’t say “primarily.” And nothing you’ve said means Russian interference didn’t play a role in the outcome. Is the explanation multivariate? Sure. But Russia’s a part. Oh, and it’s nice that you’ve been visiting the middle of the country, but some of us actually live here.
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Yes--there's always multiple reasons and layers to why a candidate wins or loses. Racism played a part. My point was to object to folks spinning Trump's win and Clinton's loss into "Russia swung the election." There's just zero proof of that.
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