While “the Donald” may reluctantly accept that the Russians have tried to manipulate our democracy, he assures us it had no effect on the final count.
Here is a scenario that makes it probable that this is not the case. The most devastating Russian release was likely during the primary election. Democratic National Committee emails were released that indicated the committee was favoring Hillary Clinton. This resulted in outrage from the Bernie Sanders supporters. There were demonstrations and many televised quotes that, due to the hacked information, they could never vote for Clinton. It also resulted in the removal of the DNC chief, whose replacement’s emails were the holy grail for Vladimir Putin’s boys.
Let’s look at some numbers. In the three states that decided the election (Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania), 1.9 million votes were cast for Sanders in the primary. In these same states, Trump had approximately 100,000 more votes than Clinton in the presidential election. It would have only taken about 5 percent (that is about one in 20 for you deplorables) of the 1.9 million outraged Clinton supporters to vote against Clinton to sway the election.
I don’t “know things” like Trump, but I strongly suspect the actual number was far greater than 5 percent. Congratulations to Putin and “comrade” Trump.
