The establishment media have been in an uproar since even before President Trump took office, claiming Russia was meddling in the 2016 election.
The claims of interference were the foundation for Robert Mueller’s special counsel probe, which concluded there was no collusion.
But media have done more harm to American elections than any “‘Russian operation’ could ever have dreamed,” according to Donald Trump Jr.
He contends media have delegitimized the election process.
Twitter user Nick Short said that ironically CNN “is now pushing, according to their anonymous sources, the very goal of what the ‘Russian covert’ operation is seeking to achieve. Delegitimizing our elections!”
The ironic part of this is how @CNN is now pushing, according to their anonymous sources, the very goal of what the “Russian covert” operation is seeking to achieve. Delegitimizing our elections! https://t.co/16If4CYazo
— Nick Short 🇺🇸 (@PoliticalShort) February 21, 2020
Trump Jr. responded: “CNN is so stupid they don’t even understand the irony of how they’ve done more damage than any ‘Russian operation’ could ever have dreamed. The media has done one hell of a job these past 4 years in attempting to [delegitimize] our election process.”
CNN is so stupid they don’t even understand the irony of how they’ve done more damage than any “Russian operation” could ever have dreamed. The media has done one hell of a job these past 4 years in attempting to deligitmize our election process. https://t.co/TRc8Z2e8TH
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 24, 2020
Johnathan Jones at the Western Journal wrote that Trump Jr.’s comments were a response to conservative Twitter personality Nick Short, who had commented on a video of CNN host Brooke Baldwin’s complaint that American democracy was under attack by Russian agents.
Baldwin said she believes Americans are concerned their votes might not count this fall because of alleged Russian meddling.
She said: “It’s a question on so many people’s minds as we get closer to November, like, will my vote count? What is Russia up to?”
Jones wrote, “The younger Trump brings up a valid point: Could the establishment media’s obsession with election meddling by foreign operatives do more harm to the integrity of the country’s elections than the actual meddlers?”
He said CNN “has taken the Russia narrative and driven it into the ground for nearly four years.”
“Russia is not dividing Americans, at least not on its own. The blame for the current political and social divide falls solely on the shoulders of the establishment media, and particularly partisan CNN,” he said.
“The hysteria and hyperbole from CNN poses a genuine threat to American democracy. The network’s hosts and guests are undermining the integrity of the electoral process by sewing seeds of doubt into the minds of viewers.”
