Jimmy Carter wrote:
Flagpole, when asked how he would deal with Russian meddling in the last presidential election:
“The president himself should condemn it, admit that it happened, which I think 16 intelligence agencies have already agreed to say,” said Carter. “And there’s no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election, and I think the interference although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election, and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf.”
Yes, I saw those comments today in the news from President Carter, the greatest ex-President we have ever had.
I agree that Russia interfered. I agree that the interference had a positive result for Trump. I DO NOT agree that we can say Trump won because of the interference. That is unknowable and not able to be determined with any investigation, unless that investigation revealed that there were illegal votes or illegal counting of votes or illegal suppression of votes or something of that nature, and I do not believe that was the case. Countries can and do interfere in our elections. We can't do too much about that other than admonish and dole out sanctions. Trump though DID court the interference, and that is unpatriotic to the nth degree at a minimum. It is NOT enough to say he is an illegitimate President though.
What IS enough to say he is an illegitimate President though is that he CHEATED by directing two FELONY CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW VIOLATIONS to someone who is serving time for those crimes. Trump is "Individual-1". No cheating has to EVER be proven to show that said cheating was the difference between winning and losing. In track and field, if you use PEDs and are caught, you are stripped of your medals. There is no discussion of "well, did that cheating actually make him win?" This is why I was correct about the 2016 election. He cheated. You can't cheat, and I accounted for that. He is an illegitimate president because of that cheating.
Trump directed felonies. He is an unindicted co-conspirator to those two felonies, and he will face the music when he is out of office. He's a cheater and a serial liar and a criminal. Shameful that anyone supports him.