{"id":365379,"date":"2018-06-14T09:57:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T08:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/democrats-dont-give-a-fk-about-russia-4-ways-we-know-americans-are-sick-of-russiagate-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T09:57:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T08:57:36","slug":"democrats-dont-give-a-fk-about-russia-4-ways-we-know-americans-are-sick-of-russiagate-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/democrats-dont-give-a-fk-about-russia-4-ways-we-know-americans-are-sick-of-russiagate-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats \u2018don\u2019t give a f**k\u2019 about Russia \u2013 4 ways we know Americans are sick of Russiagate \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How much do regular Americans actually care about Russia\u2019s alleged \u2018meddling\u2019 in the 2016 presidential election? If recent evidence is anything to go by, it\u2019s not as much as the media would lead us to believe. <\/p>\n

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1. \u2018Democrats don\u2019t give a f**k about Russia\u2019 \u2013 Jon Stewart<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In his first stand-up show since leaving The Daily Show, comedian Jon Stewart told his audience that Americans don\u2019t really care about Russia at all \u2013 and admitted that if the Russian government had (allegedly) helped Hillary Clinton win the presidency, Democrats would be turning their heads and looking the other way, according to The Daily Beast.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now we\u2019ve got to act like it\u2019s super important,\u201d<\/em> he said, \u201cbecause we think it could end his presidency…Let\u2019s be honest with ourselves. We don\u2019t really give a f**k about Russia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Stewart then called on Americans to stop trying to impeach Donald Trump over Russia allegations and instead told them to beat him \u201cin an election, with ideas.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

2. CNN employees admit Russia story is \u201cbullshit\u201d and not what people care about<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Last year, controversial conservative activist James O\u2019Keefe managed to obtain hidden-camera footage<\/a> of John Bonifield, a senior producer at CNN, admitting that the media spectacle around \u2018Russiagate\u2019 was \u201cmostly bullsh*t\u201d<\/em> and that the network was focusing on it so much because it got good \u201cratings.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s mostly bullsh*t right now. Like, we don\u2019t have any big giant proof,\u201d<\/em> Bonifield said, referring to allegations that Russia was involved in Donald Trump\u2019s election victory. Bonifield even admitted Trump was \u201cprobably right\u201d<\/em> to call the whole thing a \u201cwitch hunt.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

But Bonifield wasn\u2019t the only CNN employee who had criticisms of the network\u2019s Russia-focused coverage. In January, CNN politics reporter Maeve Reston admitted that Russia was \u201call we talk about\u201d<\/em> at CNN \u2013 but said that when journalists talk to real people on the ground, \u201cthey don\u2019t care\u201d<\/em> because the Russia story \u201cdoesn\u2019t have any effect on their lives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

3. DCCC official admits voters don\u2019t care about Russia<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In June, an official for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) stunned some ardent Russiagate fanatics when she admitted that Russia wasn\u2019t really a top concern for most voters when thinking about the upcoming November midterm congressional elections.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Fox News, Meredith Kelly, the communications director for the DCCC said that while some people were very focused on the Russia story, it wasn\u2019t the issue coming up with voters in the run up to the elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the first, second or third thing that voters are telling us,\u201d<\/em> Kelly said.<\/p>\n