re: What Russian scandal?

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A better way to put it is Russia ran an influence campaign. 3 people now that at different times worked for Trump have been confirmed to have ties to the Russian government and Russian businesses - Paul Manafort, Carter Page, and Mike Flynn. And that doesn't even mention Rex Tillerson's massive deal in Russia that was held up over Obama sanctions on Russia.

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What a bullshite post. This illustrates my point.

1)Russia ran an influence campaign? OK. So what. They are a foreign government that does that kind of shite. So are we. We do it all the time to other countries. I don't like it. I'm not happy about it. But it is common place around the world.

2) Three people had ties to Russia: Manafort and Page are private citizens that both worked briefly in the campaign and never worked in the administration. Millions of Americans have ties to Russia. We have a global economy. There is nothing inherently wrong or illegal about working with either the Russian government or Russian business. If these two broke laws, then they should be punished for it. Absent that, these "Russian ties" are bullshite.

3) Tillerson? Give me a fricking break. He is a well known businessman that has been vetted and approved by congress. And you mean "Exxon's deal" not "Tillerson's deal." I'm sure that was just a typo and not purposeful deception. Tillerson doesn't work for Exxon and has divested his stock.

So, basically there is nothing except a false boogeyman.