President Trump praised Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., for pushing Online Cigarettes Store USA the theory that Ukrainian interference in the 2016 presidential election was equivalent to Russian efforts.
During a Sunday interview with NBC News’ Chuck Todd, Kennedy stated as fact that Ukrainian officials “meddled in the election on social media and otherwise” to help the Democrats, implying an equivalence to Russia’s hacking of the Democratic National Committee and its extensive efforts on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms to heighten political discord, discredit American democracy and advance Trump’s candidacy.
“This entire effort to frame Ukraine for the Russian meddling of 2016, of which you just made Newport Cigarettes Shop this case that they’ve done it, that actually this is an effort of Russia propaganda, that this is a Russian intelligence propaganda campaign in order to get people like you to say these things about Ukraine,” Todd said. “Are you at all concerned you are doing Russian intelligence work here?”
“Russia was very aggressive, and they’re much more sophisticated,” said Kennedy. “But the fact that Russia was so aggressive does not exclude the fact that President [Petro] Poroshenko actively worked for Secretary Clinton.”
“Actively worked for Secretary Clinton? My goodness, wait a minute, Sen. Kennedy,”Cheap Newport 100s cigarettes replied Todd. “You now have the president of Ukraine saying he actively worked for the Democratic nominee for president. C’mon. You realize the only other person selling this argument outside the United States is this man, Vladimir Putin.”