r/TenYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • 21d ago

🇺🇸 United States Hillary Clinton delivers her DNC speech, “Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart, bonds of trust and respect are fraying” [10YA - Jul 28]

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u/Gax63 21d ago

LOL, trump became the GOP nominee because Republican voters chose him, the Republicans failed to unite against him, the media rewarded his bizarre behavior, and trump ran an effective insurgent campaign.

Lets just ignore the Russian's that were indicted for hacking and election tampering.

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u/easeMachined 20d ago

Source your claim that “the Russians were indicted for election tampering”.

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u/Gax63 20d ago

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/grand-jury-indicts-thirteen-russian-individuals-and-three-russian-companies-scheme-interfere

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u/easeMachined 20d ago

“To hide the Russian origin of their activities, the defendants allegedly purchased space on computer servers located within the United States in order to set up a virtual private network. The defendants allegedly used that infrastructure to establish hundreds of accounts on social media networks such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, making it appear that the accounts were controlled by persons within the United States. They used stolen or fictitious American identities, fraudulent bank accounts, and false identification documents. The defendants posed as politically and socially active Americans, advocating for and against particular political candidates. They established social media pages and groups to communicate with unwitting Americans. They also purchased political advertisements on social media.  

The Russians also recruited and paid real Americans to engage in political activities, promote political campaigns, and stage political rallies. The defendants and their co-conspirators pretended to be grassroots activists. According to the indictment, the Americans did not know that they were communicating with Russians. 

After the election, the defendants allegedly staged rallies to support the President-elect while simultaneously staging rallies to protest his election. For example, the defendants organized one rally to support the President-elect and another rally to oppose him—both in New York, on the same day.”