It's important for Democrats to discuss their own baggage issues now, rather than deeper into the 2020 election! These issues should have been highlighted and discussed, not ignored, immediately following the 2016 election. It's called introspection. Both individuals and organizations gain from self-criticism.
Ultimately, Democratic leadership, as well as the media, chose to focus solely on RussiaGate after the 2016 election. In effect, this was provided cover for Hillary Clinton's loss. But if you think your vote is important and if you want a political party you can trust and believe in, you should seriously consider that DemoGate--as obviously demonstrated in the below video--is much more important than RussiaGate!
Realistically, it was not Russian influence that caused 2016 Democrats to lose the US House and the US Senate. In the Senate races GOPwingers were defending 25 seats to only 10 for Democrats -- Democrats, at a minimum, should have won the Senate. The Dems also lost 33 governor seats and 32 state legislatures. It wasn't a matter of Clinton having Russians on her back, it was the clear and simple fact she had no political coattails (see below warning in Memo to Superdelegates) to carry the down ballot elections.
https://medium.com/@m_weddle/memo-to-democratic-super-delegates-cab44f14d708
Also, the GOPwinger-induced Crosscheck voter elimination system deserves extra special scrutiny! A long time ago Nixon's political director Lee Atwater trained four political proteges: Roger Ailes, Karl Rove, Roger Stone and Ed Rollins. Each of them have been instrumental with demonizing and rigging American politics in the decades afterwards.
Investigative journalist Greg Palast devoted enormous amounts of time digging into the realities of the GOPwinger Crosscheck system. His findings are appalling and show us it was not simply Clinton's miscalculations that produced Trump, but also a system in play in 27 states where massive numbers of voters were eliminated in key states.
https://www.gregpalast.com/election-stolen-heres/
Clearly, Clinton political operatives thought she could win the 2016 presidency by utilizing Karl Rove political tactics to guarantee her the Democratic nomination. This was a huge mistake and the miscalculation produced Donald Trump!
America needs clean elections. We are rated at the bottom by the United Nations for the quality of our elections. In a land supposedly priding itself on liberty nothing is more important than to make sure as many people who wish get to cast their vote for the candidate of their choice. America has been downgraded to a "flawed democracy" and is now rated 21st internationally.
