Where's the line between normal foreign attempts to influence an election and illegitimate #collusion with a foreign power?
#TrumpRussia
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Given America's position in the world, other countries care about US elections. Statements, op-eds, etc. are normal.
#TrumpRussia 3/x -
#Putin called#Trump smart and Ukrainian Ambassador Valeriy Chaly wrote an op-ed criticizing Trump. Nothing wrong with that#TrumpRussia 4/x -
But stealing emails and selectively releasing some of them, hacking voter databases and stealing info, and targeted propaganda ≠ fine. 5/x
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No question Russian interference much more extensive than Ukrainian. The question is about
#TrumpRussia and#Hillary-#Ukraine#collusion 6/x -
Alexandra Chalupa worked for DNC. Researched
#PaulManafort and got some help from the Ukrainian government.#TrumpRussiaCollusion 7/x -
But no top
#Clinton people worked with Ukraine.#DonaldTrumpJr,#JaredKushner, and#PaulManafort = top people, and all directly involved 8/x -
We now have evidence that
#DonaldTrumpJr sought#TrumpRussiaCollusion, but no equivalent from#Clinton people. https://arcdigital.media/thanks-to-donald-trump-jr-im-no-longer-a-trump-russia-skeptic-a34443eaba8b … 9/x -
Russia's an adversary. Ukraine, if not a formal ally, is a partner. But we don't want friends interfering in our elections either. 10/x
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#Putin directed the effort.#Ukraine's independent prosecutor investigated#PaulManafort for helping Ukraine's former pro-Russia pres. 11/x -
Ukraine's
#PaulManafort investigation was published.#DonaldTrumpJr tried to gather dirt in a secret meeting. 12/xpic.twitter.com/C9J7GsneCH
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But (at least as far as we know now),
#DonaldTrumpJr's meeting didn't result in info handed over. Ukrainian embassy gave Chalupa tips. 13/x -
#PaulManafort got pushed out. But that could have been from public info.#TrumpRussiaCollusion might have tipped the election (maybe). 14/x -
#TrumpRussiaCollusion looks more extensive, involving higher up officials. But did#HillaryUkraine#collusion cross the line? 15/x -
#Whataboutism says two wrongs make a right. But if#HillaryUkraine#collusion was wrong, it doesn't make#TrumpRussiaCollusion right. 16/x -
I'm amazed anyone falls for "What about
#Hillary?" (or#Obama,#LorettaLynch, etc.) But so many buy it.#Whataboutism 17/x -
Still,
#TrumpRussia being worse than#Hillary-Ukraine#collusion doesn't mean the latter is right. 18/x -
We need to figure out where to draw the line between
#collusion & normal campaign interactions with foreigners. This isn't going away. (END) - 1 more reply
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