Trump lies and says China is meddling in the 2018 elections

Harris L 2018 elections October 6, 2018 1 Minute

This baseless claim serves two purposes for Trump:

deflects attention from real meddling by Russia
gives him another reason to challenge the results of the elections if Republicans lose the House or Senate

White House claims that China is meddling in the midterms do not ring true to experts and cybersecurity firms that have long tracked Beijing’s digital espionage operations and propaganda campaigns. https://t.co/zusm9EU2nu via @politico

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) October 6, 2018

"The vice president attempted to shift public scrutiny from Russia to China," said a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "He asserted that Russian efforts to interfere in America's electoral process 'pales in comparison to what China is doing.'" https://t.co/Uix9D2jW86

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 5, 2018

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