Persuasive Essay On Russian Tampering

Many people have their own opinions when it comes to politics. Many people were upset when Donald Trump became president, especially when Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. Days before the election, it seemed like she had won the campaign, and it seemed like she was ahead, but that wasn’t the case. It didn’t seem right to a lot of people, she had been ahead, and she had won the popular vote, but that didn’t matter because it was up to the electoral college. It was known before the election that Donald Trump had connections with Russia, he even mentioned Russia during his campaign. I think the possibility of Russian tampering should be investigated because people believe this is a possibility, also Michael Flynn Trump’s National Security Advisor was asked to resign because of contacts with Russia, and Trump calls these allegations “fake news”. …show more content…
After the election, people thought of eliminating the Electoral College Vote, because it didn’t seem fair, it isn’t the people speaking for what they want. During his campaign, Donald Trump said some many controversial remarks, but one consisted of Russia’s involvement in hacking. On July 27, 2016, while speaking to an audience, Donald Trump said, “I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.” After people heard of this, they immediately got people thinking. A candidate running for president had just invited another country to get involved in a U.S. election. The Clinton team thought this remark seemed like a threat to national