Analysis: Jared Kushner’s remarkably unremarkable effort to downplay Russian interference
Presidential adviser Jared Kushner seemed to say the Russian effort to interfere in the 2016 campaign was no big deal. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 23 at 2:32 PM To hear White House adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner tell it, the Russian effort to interfere in the 2016 election was really not a big deal.
“I think the investigations and all of the speculation that’s happened for the last two years has had a much harsher impact on our democracy than a couple of Facebook ads,” Kushner said, later adding that “if you look at the magnitude of what they did and what they accomplished I think the ensuing investigations have been way more harmful to our country.”
Kushner doesn’t address any of this, instead isolating a subset of a subset of what Russia did and then dismissing its already narrow scope. It’s not an honest assessment. But notice the point he’s hoping to serve with that argument. He’s arguing not about effects or about ethics. He’s arguing about “harm” to the country.
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