Determined to keep Hillary Clinton‘s tech woes in the news, Donald Trump on Wednesday morning asked Russia (or anyone else) to release emails from her personal servers. This followed his denial of the country’s involvement in the embarrassing DNC hack ahead of the party convention.
If Russia or any other country or person has Hillary Clinton's 33,000 illegally deleted emails, perhaps they should share them with the FBI!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2016
Say what you will about Nixon—at least he did his own dirty work. Do you really want Uncle Vladimir‘s help, Donald? Because that could backfire. As the old adage goes: If you give Americans a nibble on classified intelligence, they’re gonna want a glass of global surveillance to wash it down. Already, people are pressing Putin and his government to expose Trump as well.
https://twitter.com/Sttbs73/status/758329675173146624
But that’s not going to happen. Besides, if we’re asking Russia for hacking favors, shouldn’t we shoot for the stars? This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. This is—dare I say it?—the basis of the summer’s hottest political meme.
Forget about Siri. All you need these days is Russia.
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/758341116240490496
https://twitter.com/KevinFranck/status/758358218615783424
Hey Russia could you also hack into my ex's instagram? It's private and I want to make sure she's not happier now
— Freddy Scott (@freddyscott) July 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/leerader/status/758358639547645952
https://twitter.com/thelancearthur/status/758355992337756160
https://twitter.com/strutting/status/758359255669846016
https://twitter.com/jimbehrle/status/758351151939063808
https://twitter.com/lizaveta9/status/758351788588359681
Russia, if you're listening, can you get LinkedIn to stop emailing me
— Lauren Kirchner (@lkirchner) July 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/status/758336583183446016
https://twitter.com/jldmorris/status/758364215266639874
https://twitter.com/janelleynelle/status/758364032709513216
Russia, if you're listening, can you get that Wu-Tang Clan album from that weird hedge fund guy? Thanks
— caroline mccarthy 🦝 (@caro) July 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/gracethespot/status/758364172040011776
https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/758348651169210368
https://twitter.com/Marshall_York/status/758354596586807297
https://twitter.com/alliewoodford/status/758365554327650304
Russia, if you're listening, please hack into our student loan records and delete all our debt. kthnxbai
— Foreskin Princess 👑 (@EmilioEmm) July 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/senderblock23/status/758346990816141312
Dear Russia,
— Oktoberfest Survivor (@A_A_Ron_Rodgers) July 27, 2016
If you're reading this, please help me find my ex's new Netflix password, pretty please.
Thanks,
Gary
https://twitter.com/flipyourface/status/758358985577684992
Russia, if you're listening, I wrote most of The Wire.
— Sean Thomason (@TheThomason) July 27, 2016
Russia, Area 51 is more important help us out.
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) July 27, 2016
It remains to be seen exactly how many of these requests for unreleased music, forgotten passwords, and personal effects will be honored by the Motherland. But we’re sure they’ll come to our aid—one way or another.
Russia, if you're listening: please send vodka. We all need a drink.
— Dan Wilbur (@DanWilbur) July 27, 2016