Jiang argues that the mainstream media narrative during Trump's presidency first used Russiagate and then the divisive-figure frame to push suburbs away from Trump.
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Russiagate
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "now let's get back to the video so in the first trump administration his election caught everyone by surprise uh if you go back..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "now let's get back to the video so in the first trump administration his election caught everyone by surprise uh if you go back..."
Key Notes
Washington was surprised by Trump's 2016 victory and sabotaged the first Trump administration through leaks, Russiagate, and internal turnover.
Dave argues that Russiagate and the Biden laptop intelligence letter were deep-state interventions that exerted control over presidential politics.
Jiang says mainstream outlets such as the New York Times and CNN colluded with the deep state during Trump's first term and became stenographers for intelligence agencies.
Jiang says that after Trump's 2016 win, elites protected themselves with stories such as Russiagate and Facebook manipulation rather than admitting their own mismanagement.
In the quoted clip, Trump says Russiagate was a total hoax manufactured by Democrats and the media to explain Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss.
Timestamped Evidence
"now let's get back to the video so in the first trump administration his election caught everyone by surprise uh if you go back..."
"administration there was russiagate um you know where uh the the mainstream media was was promoting this hoax that trump is a putin agent..."
"how much within the realm of american government right like what we do how much of an escalation in authoritarian behavior the democrats played..."
"america for three years they framed him for being a russian spy before they had to admit they had nothing on him and then..."
"point that i will make is that in trump's first term you had a massive collusion between the mainstream press new york times cnn..."
"have this massive collusion between the deep state and and the media and this is this this you know is a direct threat to..."
"...because Trump's a Putin spy. It's because he's a spy. And Russiagate you know, this hoax will prove that he's a spy. Okay? So..."
"Russia Russia was a major hoax okay it's now been a judge to be a total major hoax we had the Mueller Commission we..."
"...course, that was just a complete lie, what we call a Russiagate, okay? But then they start to say that Trump was a developed,..."
"...and they were, they were promoting hoaxes such as wash out Russiagate, right? Oh, Trump is actually a Putin spy and Trump won election..."
"...Remember? Back in the first Trump term, there's something called the Russiagate, right? Robert Mueller, a former FBI director, conducted an investigation to see..."
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