![](\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.01\/thumbnail\/5c47616ffc7e93fb2c8b45e8.JPG\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
California Senator Kamala Harris, who announced her 2020 bid for the presidency on Monday, was instantly pegged a frontrunner \u2014 a distinction which has prompted some to assume this will make her the target of \u201cRussian bots.\u201d<\/p>\n
Proving that the \u2018blame Russia\u2019 reaction will still be alive and well going into the 2020 election, fans of Harris have already got to work on social media, disparaging her critics as idiots who are \u201cdoing Putin\u2019s work.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n According to some of Harris\u2019 top Twitter defenders, it is apparently not possible to critique the former prosecutor without being a tool of the Kremlin, as evidenced by a deluge of tweets posted since her announcement warning that Moscow will target her in an effort to help current President Donald Trump win reelection in 2020.<\/p>\n I hope @KamalaHarris<\/a> campaign hires a cyber security specialist because u KNOW trump\u2019s Russian hackers are gonna target her on line🤔<\/p>\n \u2014 TheAverageBlackMan™ (@TheAvgBlackMan) January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n This is just a reminder that anyone who calls Kamala Harris a “cop” is either a Russian Bot, a BernieBro, or an asshole.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jeremy Fassler (@J_fassler) January 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n Nothing, nobody could be worse than @realDonaldTrump<\/a>. \u2014 Gumbo YaYa 🐊 (@CynthiaAppley) January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n The people saying Kamala Harris (or any other Democratic candidate) would be as bad as Trump are working for Putin. The only question is if they’re getting paid to do it or are oblivious volunteers. We saw how helpful these people are two years ago. Block them. Pay them no mind.<\/p>\n \u2014 Rachel \ufe3d\u2735\ufe3d Thorn (@rachel_thorn_en) January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n The fact that two years of investigations have not yet produced any evidence that Trump \u201ccolluded\u201d<\/em> with Russia to win the last election does not seem to have factored into the decision to preemptively blame Russia for interfering with the next one.<\/p>\n One of the tweets claimed Russia would be working \u201covertime\u201d<\/em> to \u201ctake down\u201d<\/em> Harris, who has a \u201c91%\u201d<\/em> approval rating \u2014 a figure which seems to have been plucked from a random Twitter poll conducted by a Harris supporter.<\/p>\n Russia is gonna be working OVERTIME to take down Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n She has a 91% favorable rating among people who knows who she is.<\/p>\n Everything yesterday makes sense.<\/p>\n \u2014 I will dog walk you. (@iFredLee) January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n Responding to the tweets, some pointed out that rather than going after Republicans and conservatives, who are their ideological opposites, Harris\u2019s fans seem particularly interested in accusing her critics on the left of being Russian bots or agents. This would seem to match a pattern from 2016, when Hillary Clinton supporters aimed to disparage progressives who supported the likes of Bernie Sanders or the Green Party\u2019s Jill Stein as being Russian dupes.<\/p>\n who cares about Kamala Harris – not I<\/p>\n I only put this here to demonstrate that the shitlibs are trying to pre-emptively pin criticism from the left on Russian bots pic.twitter.com\/jdwnXyEZ55<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Peter Coffin (@petercoffin) January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n So you’ve basically decided ahead of time that you’re going to call anyone who holds Kamala Harris accountable, a Russian bot.<\/p>\n \u2014 Daniel Baryon (@apeirophobic) January 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n Saw three tweets today by Black youth rightfully critiquing Kamala Harris and in the replies to each one they were accused of being \u201cRussian agents\u201d and told that they will be the reason for four more years of Trump.<\/p>\n \u2014 TheAngrySociologist (@SankofaBrown) January 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n Everyone to the left of Bush-clone Obama is sponsored by Putin, according to DNC Party leaders & big wigs.<\/p>\n \u2014 New No War Paris-ite (@NewParisite) January 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n One user pointed out that legitimate concerns over a candidate’s background or policies can’t be dismissed “simply because you think someone you dislike might agree.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Legitimate concerns regarding candidates cannot be summarily dismissed simply because you think someone you dislike might agree.<\/p>\n Records matter. pic.twitter.com\/qj46twNYZw<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 James Music APRN (@JamesM_MSN) January 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n Luckily, not everyone on the left was buying the line that supporting Harris is a prerequisite for not being a Russian bot.<\/p>\n its actually putin who made kamala spend her entire career hurting people<\/p>\n \u2014 👻lizzy👻 (@Ice_Cream_Jones) January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\n
Has @FoxNews<\/a> started bashing Kamala yet? They\u2019ll find something they can spin into a scandal a& never let it go. All coordinated with the @GOP<\/a> & Vladimir Putin, of course. I don\u2019t know what Rupert Murdoch has against democracy<\/p>\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n