Russian actors made fake video of mail-in ballots burning

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

10/25/24 10:32 PM ET


U.S. officials said that Russian actors made the fake video showing mail-in ballots marked for former President Trump burning in Pennsylvania which circulated this week.

“The IC [Intelligence Community] assesses that Russian actors manufactured and amplified a recent video that falsely depicted an individual ripping up ballots in Pennsylvania, judging from information available to the IC and prior activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities,” the officials from the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint statement released on Friday.

The video, which went viral on social media, was debunked by Bucks County, Pa. election officials on Thursday. It showed a Black person going through and ripping up Trump ballots.

The county’s election officials said that the envelope and materials in the video were not authentic and that the video was “fake.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4954707-russian-actors-fake-video-trump-ballots/

[Farmer-Rick]

1. Typical GOP manipulation and con

I'm wondering what else they let Russia do in their party of Nazis?

[OnDoutside]

2. If that's clear I don't see why the US isn't hurting them with

hard hitting sanctions or by allowing Ukraine greater leeway, as retaliation for each time they catch them.

[Think. Again.]

5. Because there are republicans in office.

[OnDoutside]

12. There's plenty the Biden administration can do that

doesn't require Republican to make things uncomfortable for Russia, not least Draconian sanctions.

[Botany]

3. You can count on more and more Russian interference

An old friend of mine who gets his information from right wing web sites and media
posted a Russian produced disinformation piece that said tired of the Electoral College?
Then vote Jill Stein and a piece from her web page saying how she was against the
Electoral College…. All Russian propaganda.

[Prairie_Seagull]

4. The problem with this is that this close to a major election.

What is that saying, A lie gets around the world while the truth is just getting it's shoes on. Something like that.

[Bayard]

6. Of course, they had to make it a black person ripping up ballots

MAGAts will not care about any debunking. Facts are not on their radar.

[SupportSanity]

7. Somebody famous once said that "all roads lead to Putin"

[KS Toronado]

8. They sure do, thanks Nancy

[mn9driver]

9. These Russian incidents are primarily designed to cast doubt

on the integrity of the election. The target audience is people who are already all-in for Trump. He needs his army fired up and ready for action when he loses.

[live love laugh]

10. Every accusation is a confession. They actually burned a mailbox of ballots in a blue area.

[Turbineguy]

11. They forgot to mention

Moose and Squirrel.