Congressman Eric Swalwell thought he could get away with accusing Tucker Carlson of working for the Russians…He was sooo wrong! Swalwell tried to push the false narrative that the left is still pushing that Russian bots are out there helping the Republicans (see our previous report below). NOT TRUE!
This all started with the explosion of the “#ReleaseThe Memo” tweet that shot to the top of trending news on Twitter. The left claimed it was all due to “Russian bots” but it was disproven by real people and experts who revealed that it was red-blooded Americans tweeting the message out. The left continues to use this false narrative to try and muddy the waters in the memo scandal.

Daily Caller reports:

Tucker asked, “In the case of today’s memo, what specifically have I espoused that empowers threats to our country?”

“You’re peddling the narrative that the Trump administration is putting out,” Swalwell said, “Which also is the Putin narrative, because they’re retweeting this with their Russian bots.”

“So I’m working for Putin too? I wonder, if you perceive the total collapse…” the Daily Caller co-founder responded.

“If you’re on the same side as Wikileaks and Putin, you should take a step back and wonder whose bidding are you really doing?” the Democrat said.

“I don’t even know what to say,” Carlson responded. “I don’t want to explode on TV so I’m just going to end this segment now. Let the record reflect you’ve accused me of working for a hostile foreign government.

PUSHING THE FALSE NARRATIVE OF RUSSIAN BOTS:

Twitter was abuzz today after Shep Smith reported on the possibility that Russian bots were responsible for the #ReleaseTheMemo hashtag on twitter. This is after the entire fake narrative was debunked and it was reported that actual twitter users were responsible for the trending hash tag. Why is Fox News allowing old AND fake news to be reported by this Ding-a-ling?

Yes, real people and not a Russian bot…

https://twitter.com/Fuctupmind/status/956259725620011008

There were many tweets calling out Fox News on how Shep Smith should be at CNN…

https://twitter.com/CovfefeScarlett/status/956259929723195392

He really needs to keep up with the latest news…

Via Daily Caller:

Over the past few days, journalists and Democratic politicians have pushed the idea that Russian bots and trolls influenced #ReleaseTheMemo, the viral social media campaign aimed at forcing the release of a four-page report put together by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee alleging abuses related to the Steele dossier and secret surveillance warrants.

But that claim — which culminated in a letter that two Democratic lawmakers sent to Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday — appears to be off base.

The Daily Beast reports Twitter’s internal analytics show that #ReleaseTheMemo was largely pushed not by Russian troll farms but instead by red-blooded Americans.

According to The Beast:

A knowledgeable source says that Twitter’s internal analysis has thus far found that authentic American accounts, and not Russian imposters or automated bots, are driving #ReleaseTheMemo. There are no preliminary indications that the Twitter activity either driving the hashtag or engaging with it is either predominantly Russian.

In short, according to this source, who would not speak to The Daily Beast for attribution, the retweets are coming from inside the country.

 

 

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