I think anyone who said that Hillary's (and other Democratic Committee members) e-mails weren't an issue should be precluded from saying there was Russian Interference.
We don't even need to get into the likelihood that the e-mails weren't hacked, but were leaked by a DNC insider.
The next question would be how did Russians rig the election if it wasn't the e-mail thing? Were they responsible for Bernie Sanders treatment?
And if I remember correctly, most of the leaked e-mails showed how the DNC screwed Bernie and wanted Trump as an opponent because he would be easy to beat (which he was in terms of the popular vote).
The other possibility is they somehow rigged the voting, yet HILLARY WON THE POPULAR VOTE! I'm going to keep hammering on how the Electoral College distorts the vote and is supposed to thwart the popular vote.
For there to have been local interference, the Russians would have had to had their hand in the choice of voting machines that were not auditable among other things. But the US is neither an Republic nor a Democracy in that it does not really have free and fair elections.
You can't blame the Russians for that.
It would make far more sense to assess the US process of elections than to blame the Russians.
See also:
- Julian Assange says the FBI and CIA are wrong about Russians hacking the DNC – VICE News
- A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack | The Nation
- American elections ranked worst among older democracies. Here’s why. - FairVote
