The GOP has had a long history of supporting their figureheads at all cost, so all it took was getting in bed with one of them. Once Trump was associated with Russia, the whole party and media apparatus became pro Russia.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They didn't just pay trump, they paid a lot of them...

It doesn't cost much in campaign donations to buy a politician, especially a House republican.

Could be as cheap as 5-10k for both primary leaders.

If they take it and win, Russia now has blackmail on them.

That's practically nothing to another country.

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

Don’t forget when both Democratic and Republican parties servers were hacked back in 2015. Things were leaked from the Democrats, but nothing came out on the Republicans. Nice to have that info hanging over their heads…

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They’ve been working for years, arguable since the run up to the 2016 elections when they started becoming active in Trump and Sanders communities online