Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard

By Pop Popkin and CNS Fellow Bob Windrem

β€œThe Russian propaganda machine that tried to influence the 2016 U.S. election is now promoting the presidential aspirations of a controversial Hawaii Democrat who earlier this month declared her intention to run for president in 2020.

An NBC News analysis of the main English-language news sites employed by Russia in its 2016 election meddling shows Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who is set to make her formal announcement Saturday, has become a favorite of the sites Moscow used when it interfered in 2016.”

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Karen Greenberg