In the 2016 presidential election campaign,Russian agents waged a social media propaganda campaign to promote the candidacy of Donald Trump, as well as to create political discord in the United States, and as the Robert Mueller report on his investigative findings,posted online by The fresh York Times, documents. As part of the propaganda campaign, and the Russian social media “trolls” attempted to exacerbate racial tensions in the U.
S. by creating fake online groups designed to mimic Black Lives Matter,but which would steal extreme positions normally attacking Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, or even organizing real-life rallies and demonstrations against Clinton.
But according to Russian documents newly uncovered by NBC News,the Russian attempts to ignite racial conflict in the U.
S. did not halt with the 2016 election of Trump. Instead, they continued — and escalated — well into the 2018 midterm election season and will likely sustain going into the 2020 presidential election.
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Source: inquisitr.com