On Thursday, President Barack Obama passed sanction against Russia for allegedly interfering with our presidential election. This includes expelling 35 diplomats and closing down two compounds.
Two weeks ago, Politifact ran an article to call President-elect Donald Trump a liar about his doubts on Russia and accusing Obama of not acting against Russia until after Clinton lost. On Twitter, @neontaster pointed out evidence that contradicts Politifact’s “facts.”
It turns out, the administration has known for months about Russian involvement and did absolutely nothing because they thought Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump. No concerns about our national security because they thought their candidate would win.
That quote came from this NBC article.
Oh, wait there is more:
No, Politifact. NBC News found information that proves your fact-checking wrong. Obama talked to Putin at the G-20 summit about potential consequences if the schemes continued…back in SEPTEMBER.
Then the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a statement IN OCTOBER that blamed Russia for schemes to disrupt our election.
The administration knew FOR MONTHS that evidence pointed to people in Russia for the phishing scams that entangled the DNC and John Podesta.
Other officials told NBC News that they saw evidence that points to Putin having a hand in the schemes….IN OCTOBER:
Two senior officials with direct access to the information say new intelligence shows that Putin personally directed how hacked material from Democrats was leaked and otherwise used. The intelligence came from diplomatic sources and spies working for U.S. allies, the officials said.Putin’s objectives were multifaceted, a high-level intelligence source told NBC News. What began as a “vendetta” against Hillary Clinton morphed into an effort to show corruption in American politics and to “split off key American allies by creating the image that [other countries] couldn’t depend on the U.S. to be a credible global leader anymore,” the official said.
Let me repeat myself: Obama and his administration knew that Russia was meddling into our election since the polls showed Hillary beating Trump and they had confidence she would emerge victorious the administration did nothing.
So which is it? Is Russia meddling in our affairs good or bad? It’s okay just as long as the present administration’s candidate wins?
Now look, yesterday I pointed out that the evidence the DHS and FBI provided does not offer actual proof that the Russian government had direct involvement in the phishing schemes. When Obama released the sanctions, I raised my eyebrows because, like I said, the evidence given to us showed no concrete proof to basically give Russia fuel to officially restart the Cold War.
If anything, these reports show just how pettiness and the weakness of the Obama administration. Do they really care about our security?! Obviously not.
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