Can the media name any voters deceived by the Russians?

NY Times:

How Russian Trolls Deceived Americans in 2016 Election


  • With imperfect English and tireless posting on Facebook and Twitter, Russian operatives summoned Americans to rallies, praised Donald J. Trump and played on political divisions.
  • Many Americans engaged with the Russian trolls without knowing who or where they really were.
Where is the evidence that voters were deceived by the Russians?  Well, there were the 10,000 Hillary supporters that turned out for a "Not My President" rally but that was after the election.   Trump voters largely ignored the Russians.  It turns out that CNN and MSNBC heavily promoted the Russian anti-Trump rally.  They must be embarrassed by that, but I have not seen an apology to their viewers are too President Trump.

The Mueller team has said that the Russians miscreants did not actually change the results of the election.  In fact, the Russian expenditures were a drop in the bucket compared to the operations of the candidates.

While I oppose what the Russians did, I think the media is blowing the results of their operation completely out of proportion as just another way to try to put President Trump on the defensive for something he had nothing to do with.  Almost all of it happened on Obama's watch and he all he did was watch and tell them not to do it.

To suggest that Americans were deceived by such a meniscal Russian effort is an insult to the intelligence of the voters.  I think it is part of a bogus attempt to delegitimize President Trump's victory.  That is not a good way to heal the wounds of the election.

It is time to Move On.

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