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xbebop said:
ITT: People equating Australia and Russia. Really grasping at straws here, guys.

Trump is being accused of what Sanders did. They want to impeach Trump just on the accusation alone with no proof while Bernie is fined for less than what he got from and he'll likely keep his seat. Yeah, you're right, they're not the same.



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ironmanDX said:
Where's Hillary's fines for rigging the primaries?

Politics is a farce in the US right now. Many people are considering Oprah, a talk show host to run? What a joke. I wouldn't worry about Russia, China or North Korea. You're imploding already....

Right?

Trump is absolutely terrible. It's been a disaster, but this Russian investigation is unfair IMO. But you're right - Bush, Obama, and Trump in a row were jokes. We haven't had a good President in the 21st century yet (Clinton did spend a few weeks in the 21st century though!).



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Aeolus451 said:
This will be largely ignored by the leftist media.

Considering the election is over and has been over for a whole year, Sanders's failed campaign is probably not as newsworthy as whatever is going on in the White House.



xbebop said:
ITT: People equating Australia and Russia. Really grasping at straws here, guys.

Just a heads up, but the recent Mueller's report that came out said that the Russians did try to sway the election by helping some candidates in the 2016 election.

They did so by Facebook ads, ect. Not by actually hacking polling booths. Also the candidates that were helped where no coconspirators. They didn't cooperate with Russia. Russia did this on their own.

The two candidates that were helped where:

1. Trump

2. Sanders

So, whether you want to equate Australia with Russia or not, Sanders received help from Russia AND money from Australia.



Hiku said:

Mistakes are made some times. Or maybe someone on the campaign knew and didn't care? Either way, they decided to pay the fine. And funding staffers for a campaign is not the equivalent of creating fake news stories online, or hacking the DNC database, etc.

Already stated, but Russia was found to be helping Trump and Sanders.

And is it Trump or Sanders fault for Russia creating fake news stories or hacking the DNC? You can't fault them for another's actions.

Let's say you are running for class president. Are you responsible if I start going around threatening students or bribing students to vote for you? As long as you didn't tell me to do so, my actions should have no baring on you, whether you win or lose. I'm the bad guy, not you.



LEL, the justifications from some of you posters here even though Trump was derided in a similar case without any evidence ...

I guess this puts the final nail in the coffin for a Sanders 2020 presidential campaign ...



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