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> Foreign intervention with the clear aim of causing political rift doesn’t care about party lines other than the fact that they can be used to manufacture outrage and division.

Putin said in Helsinki that he favoured Trump and directed his officials to help Trump. This was not a non-partisan issue. They wanted Trump, and causing chaos was one of the features which likely attracted them to Trump.

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>Putin said in Helsinki that he favoured Trump and directed his officials to help Trump.

Wait, what? Can I get a cite for that because I have heard a lot of claims about Helsinki but I have never heard that.

Ofc they favored a less effective leader that can be used to cause chaos, the US also favors the same leaders in it's opponents.

That does not make it a partisan issue however, Putin doesn't give two fucks if Trump was republican or democrat and attempting to make it look like a clear partisan issue is actually playing into their hands.

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