U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) smiles after he was ceremonially sworn-in by Vice President Joseph Biden in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington January 6, 2015. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Reuters: Senator says Russian internet trolls stoked NFL debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator on Wednesday said Russian internet trolls, seeking to polarize Americans, helped fuel a debate ignited by President Donald Trump over whether NFL players should have the right to kneel during the national anthem.
The assertion, made by Republican James Lankford, comes as congressional investigators probing Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election are focusing on how Russian agents used social media to spread divisive political content.
”We watched, even this weekend, the Russians and their troll farms, their internet folks, start hashtagging out #TakeAKnee and also hashtagging out #BoycottNFL,” Lankford, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said during a hearing on threats faced by the United States.
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Update #1: GOP senator: Russian trolls using NFL controversy to stir divisions in U.S. (CBS/AP)
Update #2: Russian trolls used social media to fuel NFL national anthem debate, Senator says (FOX News)
WNU Editor: Yup .... it is those damn Russians who made all of those NFL players go on their knee, lock arms, or stay in the locker-room during the playing of the national anthem.
