As Bernie Sanders surges to the front of the pack for the Democratic nomination, the Washington Post has dropped an anonymous “bombshell” claiming that Moscow seeks to help him as well as its “puppet” US President Donald Trump.
On the word of “people familiar with the matter,” the Post said in a report on Friday that US officials had informed Sanders of a Russian effort to assist his campaign, noting that President Trump and US lawmakers had also been warned of the supposed plot.
It’s basically satire at this point.
Anonymous intelligence officials leak to the media evidence-free and utterly vague claims that Russia supports whichever candidates they hate, and we’re all supposed to just swallow it uncritically because of their history for truthfulness: https://t.co/VRCouYgSkF
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 21, 2020
While the Post maintaine a plausible deniability by saying it’s unclear “what form that Russian assistance has taken” and offering no detail beyond generic assertions from unnamed sources, the paper nonetheless compelled a denial from the avowed democratic socialist, who apparently accepted the basis of the accusation as fact.
“I don’t care, frankly, who Putin wants to be president,” Sanders said in a statement to the Post, reinforcing it with a generic DNC talking point. “My message to Putin is clear: Stay out of American elections, and as president I will make sure that you do.”
What a coincidence that Russia always happens to support whoever the Democrat party elites are trying to destroy at any given point in time. The seditious morons behind these idiotic leaks aren’t even trying anymore. It’s embarrassing. https://t.co/eIesv5ThEW
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 21, 2020
The report comes at a convenient time for Sanders’ opponents, as the senator emerges as a top contender in the Democratic race. Placing second in the Iowa caucus by a razor thin margin and winning the New Hampshire primary, he is widely expected to take first in the upcoming poll in Nevada.
This only makes the Washington Post and the rest of our insane media look bad because they spent all day screaming that Putin wants Trump to win and now are screaming that he really wants Bernie to win. It's hilarious lol. https://t.co/0jtWmFpHN7
— Shem Horne (@Shem_Infinite) February 21, 2020
Periodic reminder that it was Hillary Clinton's campaign that originated the Russiagate conspiracy theory
They've never been held to account for their vicious, divisive rumor-mongering https://t.co/LzAGdIe3qa
— Will Chamberlain 🇺🇸 (@willchamberlain) February 21, 2020
Source: RT