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Russia is behind the 'creepy' Joe Biden scandal, latest conspiracy claims
If you thought the 2020 US presidential election might be a Russia-free affair, think again. The latest conspiracy taking hold online asserts that Moscow is behind the controversy over potential candidate Joe Biden’s creepy past.
Social media has long been chock-full of images and videos demonstrating Biden’s overly touchy-feely approach with women he came into (too much) contact with over the course of his political career.
The story grew into a bigger controversy, however, as multiple women came forward to accuse the former vice president of almost-harassment and stepping over personal boundaries in his interactions with them, which prompted many to wonder whether the scandal will hurt his chances if he decides to run for president in 2020, as expected.
Yet, despite the fact that commentators have been reflecting on the Democrat’s cringe-inducing handsy behavior for years, his supporters are smelling a nefarious Russian plot at play.
The entire scandal was probably cooked up by the Russians to “sow discord” within the Democratic Party, one tweeter claimed. Another suggested that the way the Biden story was being spread felt very “Russian-inspired.”
The entire Biden "controversy" smells, to me, like something ginned up by Republicans and Russians, who clearly have an interest in sowing discord in the ranks of the Democrats by taking advantage of the fact that Democrats are indeed interested in preventing sexual harassment.
— Michael Okuda (@MikeOkuda) April 3, 2019
And the spreading of the story feels very Russian-inspired to me (seeding division). And the worst thing is that it de-legitimizes women who've suffered real and harmful incidences of sexual abuse.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) April 1, 2019
Russia has "unleashed" its online “trolls” against Biden...
Not to mention Trump/Russia know Biden is incredibly popular, can work across the aisle to achieve progress in office, and would go after GOP abuses of power relentlessly. No doubt trolls have been unleashed on this!
— I Stand With Schiff (@DanielleRaina) April 2, 2019
BEWARE brothers and sisters. The Russian Troll farms are pushin' the Biden/Flores story hot and heavy. If you see a Putin bot runnin' wild, alert everyone from the safety of the Tea Pain Train.
Report bots here.
