Attempted legal action and a whole host of other parlor tricks are great media fodder.
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Don't fall for the Disinformation about Voter Fraud
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Attempted legal action and a whole host of other parlor tricks are great media fodder.
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He just clearly didn't win.
But I want to talk to you about the ongoing Russian intelligence op to convince Americans that there's widespread voter fraud.
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Earlier this year, MIT election expert Charles Stewart III completed a 20 year study on election fraud.
Not only is it exceedingly rare, it is also HIGHLY prosecuted, because federal law
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To quote The Hill's article, "There have been just over 1,200 cases of vote fraud of all forms, resulting in 1,100 criminal convictions, over the past 20 years.
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"Let’s put that data in perspective.
One hundred forty-three cases of fraud using mailed ballots over the course of 20 years comes out to
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https://t.co/MJZUEDxZpx
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A full intelligence community-wide investigation was launched and the intelligence community assessed that no actual votes were affected.
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Not only have they worked to secure election security, they have sought to educate the general public about Russia's tactics.
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In other words, generating fear and panic about election fraud.
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Greg is and has been touting election fraud for years, all while being openly compensated by the Russian government.
Here are a couple pictures of Greg, as a guest on Russia Today.
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But what makes it so effective is that it is engineered around our own ideological biases.
Russia and Russia Today is particularly effective at creating fears by targeting American left-wingers who dislike Trump.
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Prior to the 2016 elections, they were practically Bernie Sanders whole advertising campaign:
https://t.co/PETjDlL5ce
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