Conservatives also weren't happy, but for an entirely different reason: CrowdStrike. This was the byword for a popular conspiracy theory that's been making the rounds in MAGA Land since the early days of the Trump presidency. The idea is that Russia was framed for the cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee by a cybersecurity firm called CrowdStrike on the orders of, dun dun dunnn, the Democratic National Committee ... who themselves were working with, dunn dunn dunnnnnn, Ukraine, which wanted to swing the election for Hillary Clinton in order to get revenge on Russia for killing thousands of Ukrainians since 2014.
The proof of this multi-dimensional chess game? The fact after its servers were hacked, the DNC wouldn't allow the FBI to examine them. After all, this would have given the FBI the opportunity to discover that CrowdStrike, not Russia, was behind the hack. Also important to note? One of the co-founders of CrowdStrike, Dmitri Alperovitch, is Ukrainian. Chessmate, libs!
... Except absolutely none of that is true. The DNC provided a copy of all its server data to the FBI (along with several other intelligence agencies). Alperovitch is an American citizen whose family defected from Russia to the U.S. during the Cold War.
By 2017, the right-wing conspiracy machine was promoting CrowdStrike as an alternative to the then-recently-announced Mueller investigation. It soon found a permanent home among the delusional dipshits haunting 8chan and /r/The_Donald, convicted felon Roger Stone, and, um, Donald Trump. He claims that the server contains the "missing" emails of Hillary Clinton, as well as other mythical objects, like his father's love.
Related: 5 New (And Strangely Plausible) Conspiracy Theories
95 Comments
weegirl
November 19th, 2019 • 19/11/19 • 3:13 am
"Child services tend to be liberal"
Yes, people who do a job for poor pay in effort to serve their communities tend to be liberal. People who are constantly in contact with people who are really really trying to be good parents, but just can't manage it, tend to be liberal. People on the front line, seeing the effects of unfair employment practices, a complete lack of safety net for those who are unable to work and no medical care for the poor tend to be liberal. Good people tend to be liberal.
thatindianguyII
November 19th, 2019 • 19/11/19 • 3:09 am
I mean, raising a child to think Trump is good is a type of abuse IMO.
ExecutorElassus
November 19th, 2019 • 19/11/19 • 3:11 am
Really confident here that the comments to this article will be reasonable and good-faith discussion that won't in any way make me regret the existence of the Internet, or people in general.