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by jcranmer 2051 days ago
That is absolutely not what Russiagate was about. No one, so far as I am aware, was claiming that the election results were improperly counted in 2016 [1]. Instead, Russiagate was about illegal Russian interference in, and potential Republican collaboration with, political advertising that may have swayed people's votes.

[1] In favor of the Republicans, I mean. Some Republicans, primarily Trump, did claim fraud in favor of the Democrats, but were unable to find any evidence for their claims.
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jungletime 2051 days ago
The implication and implied end result was that he was an illegitimate president that won by cheating. Same difference. You are splitting hairs.
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jcranmer 2051 days ago
The implication is that he committed a criminal act that he deserved to be impeached for (and indeed he was, although the Senate did not vote to convict), following the normal constitutional procedures. There is no implication that the election result should be annulled and the presidency should go to Clinton instead. Trump is no less an illegitimate president than Nixon, Bush, or Hayes was.
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TMWNN 2051 days ago
>No one, so far as I am aware, was claiming that the election results were improperly counted in 2016

The mantra for Trump's opponents and the media in the first year or so of his presidency was that "Russia hacked the election".

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