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Watch Live: FBI Director Testifies on Russia's Involvement in the 2016 Election

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Interesting Times3/20/2017 12:14:33 pm PDT

re: #21 Nyet

That’s a good question.

And much as I’m loathe to say it, Glenn Greenwald might have a point after all - far too many American voters in the states that matter are insular and willfully ignorant and utterly incapable of caring about an issue until it has a direct and immediate impact on their lives. Thus, Russia = “meh, whatever”, but threatening to take away healthcare might finally get them to pay attention and bother voting against the GOP.

Also, there’s the hardcore antiwar left who remain convinced to this day that HRC would’ve started WWIII with Russia via a “no-fly” zone in Syria, echo “it’s all the Deep State’s fault” talking points, and call the entire Russia investigation “McCarthyist”

So…my point of view is, unless there really is a smoking gun the size of an anti-aircraft missile (and so blatantly simple and easy to understand that even the lowest of low-info voters will “get it” without needing further explanation), nothing that could dent the electoral fortunes of the GOP will come of this :/