Rachel Maddow is just not recognized for her cautiousness on the subject of Russia, preferring to go straight for the wackiest conspiracy theories as a matter of precedence, however on Wednesday she posed a concept that appears loopy, even for her.
The MSNBC host and Russiagate aficionado used the spate of treacherous winter weather situations throughout the US to fear-monger about what would possibly occur if Russia determined to “kill the power” for seemingly no purpose apart from pure maliciousness.
During a phase about the US intelligence neighborhood’s new ‘Worldwide Threat Assessment’ report, Maddow zeroed in on a piece which concluded that Russia and China possess the capacity to close off warmth and electricity throughout the US at any time when they need.
Anyone conversant in Maddow’s present will know this type of hypothesis is like catnip to the panicky host, who proceeded to sternly warn Americans that international adversaries had been “laying the groundwork to one day flip the ‘off’ switch” on their fuel or electricity.
There have already been “rumblings” Maddow mentioned, of international hackers accessing US energy grids.
It’s attainable that Maddow was partly referring to a botched 2016 Washington Post story which claimed that Russia had infiltrated Vermont’s energy grid. The paper was compelled to appropriate that story after getting it utterly improper (spoiler: Russia did not hack the grid).
Maddow warned Americans that as they shivered in the freezing chilly temperatures this winter, they have been truly “relying on [Russia and China’s] good graces” to maintain the heating on.