Two different arguments. The left hypocritically accuses Trump of not doing anything to Russia when Obama didn't do anything to Russia during the time it was going on and failed to stop Russia at the time he could have done something about it. In fact, Obama gave the order to stand down. By the way, Trump kicked out 60 Russian diplomats just today, the biggest show of force against Russia by any country in the world. My trap door argument is about Obama's very own intelligence confirming that Russia's goal was to undermine our elections and here we are after the election, with the left going rabid, claiming that the election was not legitimate and that Trump is not our legitimate president. The left played right into what Russia was trying to accomplish. Funny how in the debate how Hillary blasted Trump for not saying that he would honor the election results and yet she and the left have been crying foul ever since the election.
“Obama didn't do anything”
Obama’s job was to defend the integrity of the vote against Putin’s goal of undermining public faith in the US democratic process. There was no evidence of corruption of voter rolls and election tallies by Russia. To have publicized what Russia had done before the election would play into Russia’s efforts to affect and/or discredit the outcome.
What the Obama administration did was alert state officials, fortify cyber defenses, and privately threaten Russia with retaliation (so, that you say “Obama didn’t do anything” is false. Obama did tell Putin person in September “to cut it out” with regard to hacks to influence the election, that it was a “grave matter” and added “there were going to be some serious consequences if he did not” (Obama spoke with Putin 10/31/16 on the Washington-Moscow Hotline). Also, the Obama administration imposed sanctions on Moscow and expelled Russian diplomats from the U.S. at the end of 2016 for interfering in the election. Again, that you say “Obama didn’t do anything”, is false.
Trump, on the other hand, has never unequivicolly stated that Russia interfered in the election and has truly did nothing. He continuously voiced and twittered that Russian interference in the election was a “hoax”. In fact, Trump spoke of a meeting with Putin that "Every time he sees me, he says, ‘I didn't do that.’ And I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it." On 7-6-17, Trump equivocated “Well, I think it was Russia, and I think it could have been other people and other. Could have been a lot of people interfered,” Trump said. “I said it very simply. I think it could very well have been Russia, but I think it could well have been other countries—and I won’t be specific,…”
Not only has Trump done nothing, he has even protected Russia by not imposing sanctions, despite a new law designed to punish Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, insisting the measure was already hitting Russian companies. Then, begrudgingly, Trump signed legislation in August of 2017, overwhelmingly passed by Congress, that leveled new sanctions against Moscow for its behavior. Trump criticized the measure as infringing on his powers to shape foreign policy and said he could make “far better deals” with governments than Congress can. Trump has not even met with responsible department heads to even discuss the subject, as so testified by those department heads before Congress. Can you say what Trump has done, and when, about Russian election interference?
Kicking-out 60 Russian diplomats had nothing to do with the election. I think you know that.
I can only reiterate the “trap-door” thing. You apparently don’t believe people should have spoken out and exercise their right of free speech by stating their logical concerns regarding Russian interference in the election and the possibility that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians. And that’s your example of what the left did to fall through your “trap-door” pretense. What do you think those you criticize should have done? Remember, it was a Republican administration that launched the Mueller probe into the question of collusion.
Hillary questioning the possibility that Russia affected the election outcome is not "crying foul”, as Trump did even before the election. Nor, as in your pretentious implication, did she not honor Trump’s election. She called Trump at 2:30 AM the following morning and conceded the election.
