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The ugliness penetrated into the [[2016 presidential election]] campaign as [[Hillary Clinton]] took a belligerent line toward Russia while Donald Trump broke with the Republican establishment and called for improved ties between Washington and Moscow.

The ugliness penetrated into the [[2016 presidential election]] campaign as [[Hillary Clinton]] took a belligerent line toward Russia while Donald Trump broke with the Republican establishment and called for improved ties between Washington and Moscow.

This hysteria over Russia gained added strength because Democrats were so angry over Trump’s election that [[liberal]] and [[progressive]] operatives saw a chance to build a movement and raise lots of money by pushing the Trump-Putin accusations.

After Trump's victory the anti-Russian hysteria gained added strength as Democrats were so angry that [[liberal]] and [[progressive]] operatives saw a chance to build a movement and raise lots of money by pushing the Trump-Putin accusations.

This opportunism has turned much of the liberal/progressive community into a pro-New Cold War constituency willing to engage in a new breed of [[McCarthyism]] by demanding intensive investigations into alleged connections between Americans and Russians.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/02/14/trump-caves-on-flynns-resignation/ </ref>

This opportunism turned much of the liberal/progressive community into a new pro-Cold War constituency, willing to engage in a new breed of [[McCarthyism]] by demanding investigations into any relations between Americans and Russians.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/02/14/trump-caves-on-flynns-resignation/ </ref>

==Post government==

==Post government==