Letter to the editor: On Russian hacking and Hillary Clinton

Warning! Russia “hacked and stole” emails in 2016 and the “experts” claim they are still doing it.

Oops, no. Basically an outside entity tricked people who want to run our country into giving them the keys to their email box. The entity read the mail and internal organization documents, then told everyone what they said. It did not contain unicorns and rainbows. The would-be leaders and their organization had willingly done undemocratic things. The end. No “hacking” was necessary; nothing was “stolen.”

If someone looked in my mailbox, the worst thing they would find is that my cable bill is an appalling $250 a month. But reading the 2016 DNC mail exposed that Democratic leaders were meddling in our democracy by colluding to deny Bernie Sanders a free and fair election. In doing so, they would have arrogantly suppressed the votes of people of color who were Sanders supporters (in March, Jesse Jackson endorsed Sanders). The DNC chairwoman, CEO and CFO all resigned over this interference in our elections.

Imagine if our media made a coordinated effort to shriek about DNC collusion, suppression and interference in elections every day for four years. Among other sordid details, the mail also dropped the “bombshell” that an insider conspired with Hillary Clinton by giving her debate questions in advance. Clinton didn’t refuse, but was very willing to cheat and trash our democracy on national TV in front of the entire nation. Which of these brazenly un-American offenses would these “experts,” the media and the Mueller report wish you were never told about?

Dan Shellhammer

Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County