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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1Ex-Nebraska Democratic congressman Brad Ashford says Russian agents hacked into his campaign emails in 2016, a few months before he narrowly lost to a Republican challenger. (ap news: https://t.co/lPofZ2sK46)
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uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)Gothmog
(145,558 posts)DallasNE
(7,403 posts)So now is the time to support Kara Eastman who ran on Democratic values.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)But she's a damn fine candidate and could use all the help she can get.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)So far, all Ive seen from those folks is a string of failed primary bids.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)I'm wishing her all the best. Our Revolution seems to be ignoring a lot of fantastic women candidates for some reason.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,040 posts)czarjak
(11,289 posts)Indeed!
karin_sj
(812 posts)And yet, Trump, Bolton, and the other traitors continue to discount and ignore the facts and the proof that the Russians changed the election in order for Trump and other republicans to get elected. Hurry, Mueller! Our country can't take this much longer!
calimary
(81,467 posts)I've gotta say - how on earth would the Russians know to hack THIS guy. Some relatively obscure politician from what I would respectfully call a lower-profile state? HOW ON EARTH WOULD THEY KNOW such political intricacies, where to target, how vulnerable that target is, and even who it is challenging that target? UNLESS... they had help, from assets on the ground. AMERICAN assets on the ground.
And who would be most likely to have that kind of precision-targeting info? Domestic political operatives familiar with the targeted home turf, who work for a particular political party that clearly welcomes "friends" who help them cheat to win.
karin_sj
(812 posts)I've actually been a member of DU since GWB was elected, which had me up in arms during the entire eight years he was pResident. I was SO happy when Obama was elected and didn't post very much after that but still followed DU regularly. Never in a million years did I think we'd have a president that that was so horrible that he would make GWB look like a statesman!
Anyway, somehow all my posts got lost and I was back to the beginning again. It's good to be back here with like minds and some hope that things will get better.
KPN
(15,650 posts)Russians obviously had inside help in targeting. Hard to imagine they were more attuned to detailed election dynamics than just about anyone who isnt a seasoned strategist on national (Presidential) campaigns.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)Pelosi's office put the buzz in his ear about the hack back in 2016, and was told that the Russians were likely responsible.
likely is the buzzword that Mueller has under the microscope these days.