[BTM – This should serve as a wake-up call to Bernie Sanders supporters and as a confirmation to Trump supporters.

By attaching Bernie Sanders to the false “Russian election interference” narrative, it is evident the establishment is trying to smear Bernie Sanders as they have done and will continue to do with Donald Trump.

Russia did not interfere with the election for Trump, and they are not interfering with Bernie’s electoral process now. What is true in both cases, however, is that the establishment hates both Trump and Bernie Sanders and wants to take them down. Smearing them by claiming their campaigns are invalid due to interference from an “evil foreign boogeyman” is the establishment’s attempt to take down their opposition through manipulation rather than the free and open debate of ideas.

Note the article admits the “intelligence” sources do not know how Russia is interfering yet still insists they are.]

It’s basically satire at this point.



Anonymous intelligence officials leak to the media evidence-free and utterly vague claims that Russia supports whichever candidates they hate, and we’re all supposed to just swallow it uncritically because of their history for truthfulness: https://t.co/VRCouYgSkF — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 21, 2020

Los Angeles Times:

Bernie Sanders warned Russia on Friday to “stay out of U.S. elections” as he confirmed that American intelligence officials had briefed him on Russian efforts to help his presidential campaign. “Mr. [Vladimir] Putin is a thug. He is an autocrat. He may be a friend of Donald Trump — he’s not a friend of mine,” Sanders told reporters in Bakersfield. “Let me tell Mr. Putin: The American people, whether you’re Republicans, Democrats, independents, are sick and tired of seeing Russia and other countries interfering in our elections.” Sanders, who’s seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, said he received the intelligence briefing about a month ago. But it didn’t become public until a Washington Post report Friday that said President Trump and lawmakers on Capitol Hill had also been informed of the Russian involvement. In a briefing to House lawmakers last week, intelligence officials said that Russia was intervening in the 2020 election to help Trump get reelected. Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for Trump’s reelection campaign, said in a tweet, “We condemn and reject foreign interference in American elections in any form.” Former Vice President Joe Biden’s Democratic campaign jumped on the developments to suggest he’s the least favorite candidate of the Russians and Trump. “We know who Vladimir Putin doesn’t want to be president,” spokesman Andrew Bates said, “and we know who Donald Trump doesn’t want to be the nominee.” Elizabeth Warren said the disclosure showed the need for transparency, seemingly rebuking Sanders for waiting a month before making the meeting public. “This is about disinformation, and the way to fight disinformation is to call it out, show what it is, and give everyone full information as quickly as possible,” she told reporters in Las Vegas. “Otherwise, the Russians continue to have too much influence over our campaign and this is how we fight against that.” It isn’t clear how the Russians may be trying to intervene in the current presidential campaign, but at a Democratic debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sanders hinted that abusive behavior attributed to some of his followers may have been the work of foreign elements trying to sow division. “All of us remember 2016, and what we remember is efforts by Russians and others to try to interfere in our elections and divide us up,” Sanders said. “I’m not saying that’s happening, but it would not shock me.” Investigations after the 2016 election found that Russia had tried to intervene in support of Trump through social media campaigns and other actions. Prosecutors also said some of the actions were designed to “support Bernie Sanders” against Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries. In a briefing to Congress last week, intelligence officials said that Russia was intervening in the 2020 election to help Trump get reelected. At a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Friday, Trump said Democrats were promulgating “a rumor” that Russia sought his reelection.

Source: Bernie Sanders is told by U.S. officials that Russia is trying to help his campaign – Los Angeles Times