Ted Cruz Aide Backs Inquiry Of Russian Meddling In GOP Primary | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

After a torrent of web attacks during the GOP primary, fmr. Cruz Aide Ron Nehring tells Ari Melber authorities should investigate Russian backing for Trump during the entire election cycle

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Ted Cruz Aide Backs Inquiry Of Russian Meddling In GOP Primary | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

[vickypaulson]

So glad he has come forward with this information. It's really important!

[gargamelsmurff]

How about the Republicans and Democrats get together and get these Russians out of our business

[backandstillbgmsdangerusda]

That answers my question as to how all other candidates lost out and trump floated to the top to get the nomination.

[GeistInTheMachine]

I needed a trigger warning before seeing Cruz's face! I just ate!

[denniskinch]

Does anybody know why Trump wasn't booted or disqualified as a candidate after some of the things he said and did? I seem to remember when a candidate would be disqualified for doing a lot less than Trump did. Who is responsible for kicking these bad seeds out?

[eliolopez]

No one's going to convince me the Orange Sphincter had no idea of this.

[kathyschwab]

that Kellyanne worked for Cruz then went to Trump. Hysterical? Fits her.

[SonicPhonic]

Wow Cruz put 2 and 2 together...and came up with 3!

[mattbest]

4 out of 5 americans make up about 80% of the american population

[maxswp]

When you got that creepy face like Ted trolls gonna troll.

[willstorm]

About half of the posts are written by folks who appear to have a limited use of the English language so I'm not as sure as you are thats indicative of a foreign actor.

[jmack]

I did notica a lot of one time accounts replying on youtube, and they were ALWAYS anti trump. If this guy has proof, he should release the messages.

[williespeirs]

I have thought about this before now - You would wonder where the confidence came - how could anyone be sure that this type of system would work. If you intended letting the Russians help, how could you be sure your chances of remaining undetected without testing out and gaining confidence in a bot system. It probably had to be proved to whoever was prepared to take that risk.
Yes, I wouldn't rule it out for the simple reason that, if it can be proved, it then becomes more credible to the electorate. You do have to wonder though, how Republicans, and some Trump supporters will react to the pro Trump channels who clearly re-broadcast the Russian "input"

[CANomad]

Ted wants to know what russians hacked his twitter