Just prior to the 2016 elections, then-President Obama was asked about Russian interference in our elections.
The response Obama gave belittled the allegations and completely dismissed any chance Russians had of actually impacting the election results.
Obama’s Statement
Three weeks prior to the election, Obama was asked if he thought the elections could be rigged.
Obama stated, “There is no serious person out there that would suggest somehow that you could even rig America’s elections.
“In part, because they are so decentralized and the numbers of votes involved.
“There is no evidence that that has happened in the past or that there are instances in which that will happen this time.”
This soundbite is something you will never hear Democrats or liberal media outlets play because it completely destroys everything they are pushing on the American people right now.
The Real Facts
Listen, the Russians and virtually every other enemy we have has been trying to get into our election system for decades.
They have also used trolls to try to influence voters.
But, I have news for you, the United States does the same thing!
Our country has been influencing foreign elections and leadership choices for decades, but nobody in the House seems to have a problem with that.
A recent study published by Don Levin reported 117 cases of election interference specifically by the Russians and Americans in foreign elections.
But, if you want to get specific, how about President Harry Truman supporting anti-communist Italian Christian Democracy Candidates with our tax dollars during the 1948 Italian elections.
In 1964, the United States gave more than $2.5 million to Eduardo Frei to defeat Salvador Allende.
More recently, how about Bill Clinton’s open support of Shimon Perez over Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996.
Clinton snubbed Netanyahu and did not invite him to a summit meeting at the White House.
After the meeting, Clinton’s State Department said, “We were persuaded that if Benjamin Netanyahu were elected, the peace process would be closed for the season.”
Bill Clinton also made a loan of more than $10 billion to stabilize Russia’s economy in the hopes of keeping Boris Yeltsin in power.
In February of 2018, The New York Times even did a piece on American election interference!
As successful as the United States has been in influencing other elections, the fact of the matter is there is not one shred of evidence the Russians were able to turn a single vote in 2016.
They took out ads, they attempted to hack voting machines (unsuccessfully), all normal election time measures by the Russians, but they failed!
Early in on the Mueller report, when the Justice Department indicted 12 Russians, Rod Rosenstein even stated their attempts were unsuccessful.
Rosenstein, at the time, stated, “There is no allegation that the conspiracy changed the vote count or affected any election result.”
The Democrat party is investigating ghosts right now.
Their own president said “no serious person” would believe this happened and their own report found no evidence a single vote had ever been changed.
What more do we need to see to end this ridiculous witch hunt?
Sources: Time / ThoughtCo / New York Times / Oxford Academic
We depend on our readers to help us get the word out. So, if you agree with this article, please like and share the article on your favorite social media outlet. You are also encouraged to sign up for our newsletter to ensure you can stay informed. To sign up for our newsletter, click here.