Enough of "Russia Russia Russia"

I question whether Barry and the Times really are irked at the Russians. What irks them, I suspect, is that the promise the women’s march held of becoming an important movement going forward was undermined by internal divisions. It’s more convenient to blame the Russians than the organizers or Sansour herself.

In this regard, I’ll note that what really undermined the march movement as an ongoing force was the embrace of Lewis Farrakhan by Sarsour and some other leaders of the women’s march. This was revealed in 2018 and not courtesy of the Russians.

The Times is also irked, I imagine, that its Trump-Russia collusion narrative collapsed. Claims that even if Trump didn’t collude with Russia, the Russians still tilted the election his way by flooding American social media outlets with disinformation, have filled the post-Mueller void. An article claiming that Russians undermined feminist unity at the big anti-Trump protests helps keep alive paranoia about Russians allegedly “electing” Trump.

I doubt the Times and most others on the left really blame the Russians for Trump’s victory. I suspect they believe that Americans are racist, xenophobic, and (as they see it) stupid enough elect Trump on their own.