It’s official: the Russian collusion narrative was a complete and total hoax, Democrats have inflicted great harm on American democracy by attempting to undermine the legitimate election of President Trump

Yesterday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr issued a summary of the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election to members of Congress. Attorney General Barr stated that the special counsel “did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its effort to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.”

Illinois Republican Party Chairman released the following statement in response:

“The American people should feel even more confident in the 2016 Election results. President Trump has been completely and totally vindicated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s expansive, two-year investigation into false allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.

“Despite the Democrats’ best efforts to delegitimize the election of President Trump, the Special Counsel concluded there was no collusion or conspiracy. All Americans concerned about the integrity of our country’s democratic institutions should be pleased with those findings. The Democrats, including some here in Illinois, must end their collusion delusion and get to work on the real public policy issues affecting our state and country.

“But let’s not forget – the Democrats’ collusion narrative was a total hoax that has inflicted great harm on our American democracy. It was a cynical attempt to overturn the legitimate election of President Trump. The American people deserve to know the full truth of how it all began – inside the FBI and Obama Administration.”

Democrats, including some here in Illinois, have pushed the Russian collusion hoax, inflicting great harm on the integrity of our elections and democratic institutions. In January, Dick Durbin gave an interview where he rhetorically asked about President Trump being “chummy” with Vladmimir Putin. When he was a candidate for Congress, Sean Casten tweeted an article about the so-called Trump-Russia dossier and President Trump allegedly being beholden to Russia. In 2017, Jan Schakowsky, Robin Kelly, and Mike Quigley spoke at a Chicago rally organized around false allegations of collusion between President Trump and the Russian government.

And even though Attorney General Barr’s letter to Congress definitively stated that Special Counsel Mueller concluded there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, the Democratic Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, continues to lie and push the collusion narrative, falsely saying evidence of collusion exists.

It’s time for Democrats, including many here in Illinois, to end their collusion delusion and get to work on the real public policy issues affecting our state and country.

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