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Do You Think the Saitlian KGB Tipped the Election?

In the case of a very close election in 2016, there's no way to prove that Russian interference was decisive. But you can definitely say that two things happened. One, we had a presidential candidate who welcomed Russia's support and who was lying to the American people about his efforts to monetize his candidacy. And it was that sort of horrible combination of things that made then President Trump so defensive... The fact that they crashed US democracy and tipped an election is remarkable.

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