[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Brian Krassenstein [@krassenstein](/creator/twitter/krassenstein) on x 927K followers Created: 2025-07-20 07:45:17 UTC Let me clear this up: Yes—Russia tried to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election. No—Russia didn’t change vote tallies or hack voting machines successful to change the outcome. What did happen? Russia used cyber warfare to try and sway the outcome. That included: •Running disinformation campaigns via troll farms •Hacking and leaking John Podesta’s emails •Hacking the Democratic National Committee •Targeting state election systems So when Tulsi Gabbard cherry-picks the part of the 2016 report that says Russia didn’t change vote totals, she’s technically right—but she’s misleading people by ignoring the rest of the story. And as for Obama? The idea that he “covered something up” is nonsense. He publicly released an intelligence report two months later that spelled all of this out. Bottom line: Russia didn’t hack voting machines and change votes. But they absolutely interfered to help Trump. Pretending otherwise is either dishonest or delusional. XXXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [russia](/topic/russia) [hack](/topic/hack) [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) [krassenstein](/topic/krassenstein) [Post Link](https://x.com/krassenstein/status/1946838810882683048)
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Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein on x 927K followers
Created: 2025-07-20 07:45:17 UTC
Let me clear this up:
Yes—Russia tried to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election. No—Russia didn’t change vote tallies or hack voting machines successful to change the outcome.
What did happen? Russia used cyber warfare to try and sway the outcome. That included: •Running disinformation campaigns via troll farms •Hacking and leaking John Podesta’s emails •Hacking the Democratic National Committee •Targeting state election systems
So when Tulsi Gabbard cherry-picks the part of the 2016 report that says Russia didn’t change vote totals, she’s technically right—but she’s misleading people by ignoring the rest of the story.
And as for Obama? The idea that he “covered something up” is nonsense. He publicly released an intelligence report two months later that spelled all of this out.
Bottom line: Russia didn’t hack voting machines and change votes. But they absolutely interfered to help Trump. Pretending otherwise is either dishonest or delusional.
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