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December 16th, 2020 
Awake Goy 
President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to helm the Department of Energy, former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), has a history of publicly promoting theories about Russian collusion in the 2016 election.
Granholm, who if confirmed by the United States Senate as energy secretary, would be in charge of America’s nuclear arsenal, began pushing the notion that President Donald Trump was enamored of Russia in mid-2015, according to the former governor’s social media posts.
.@CarlyFiorina boasts that she met Putin in a private meeting rather than in a green room … take that @realDonaldTrump!
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) November 11, 2015
The former governor, in particular, was an early proponent of the idea that Trump’s reluctance to release his tax returns during the 2016 contest might have been tied to business dealings in Russia. At the time, Granholm even speculated that Trump might be a “tool” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Is @realDonaldTrump a tool–witting or unwitting–of Putin? One way to prove he isn’t the Manchurian Candidate is to #ReleaseTheReturns.
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) July 27, 2016
After Trump bested former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Granholm pivoted to suggesting that the Republicans had only carried the White House because of help from Russia.
Rs: if u find Team @realDonaldTrump promised no sanctions to Russia, or encouraged Russia to hack, will u stand by your man or your country?
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) February 15, 2017
We tried, Gov. We tried. ❤️
— Mary R. Jennings (@maryrutherford) May 2, 2019
Yes, we sure did. XOX
Unfortunately, so did the Russians.
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) May 2, 2019
During one particular appearance on CNN in August of 2018, the former governor argued that “Russian interference” in the 2016 race through social media platforms like Facebook had cost Clinton the election. At the time, Granholm also suggested that if Democrats, like then-Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), failed to do well in the upcoming 2018 congressional elections, it was likely because Russia played a role.
When pushed by a CNN political contributor that it was unfair to blame Russia for the “Democrats’ poor performance” in elections, both past and present, Granholm disagreed. “I can blame the Russians for interfering in this election, and every single intelligence agency says they did interfere” in 2016, the former governor said in response.
Even after claims of Russian collusion were found to be unproven by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Granholm did not let go of the notion. In December 2019, the former governor intimated that Trump had “love for Putin” when sharing a photo of the president meeting in the Oval Office with the Russian ambassador to the U.S.
This is one big middle finger to anyone who cares about his love for Putin. https://t.co/qwgv8yYXEC
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) December 11, 2019
Granholm repeated the suggestion that Trump was somehow beholden to Russia as recently as September of this year.
And here I thought his obsequiousness to Putin was about a pee tape … https://t.co/iwW08iExoO
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) September 28, 2020
Trump is not the only Republican that Granholm has accused of doing Russia’s bidding. On a number of occasions, the former governor has lambasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as “Moscow Mitch.” The nickname, which was first coined by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough after the release of the Mueller report, has been used by congressional Democrats to attack the Senate leader for refusing to support their proposal on election security.
Moscow Mitch grows a (temporary) spine >>
“Withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria is a grave strategic mistake. It will leave the American people and homeland less safe, embolden our enemies, and weaken important alliances.” — @senatemajldrhttps://t.co/RIWvY9RGyL
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) October 21, 2019
McConnell, who is likely to be pivotal to Granholm’s chances for confirmation provided Republicans remain in control of the Senate pending two runoff elections in Georgia, has expressed displeasure at the nickname. In September 2019, the GOP leader told Hugh Hewitt, the conservative-leaning radio host, that the nickname amounted to nothing more than an “over the top effort” to “smear” him for refusing to support legislation favoring mainly Democrats.
It is unclear if Granholm’s history of pushing Russian collusion theories on social media will have any impact on her nomination. The president-elect’s transition team did not respond to comments for this story.
Granholm in recent weeks, though, seems to have become aware that her old social media posts could be controversial. Data compiled by Social Blade, a digital media analytics company, indicates that the former governor has deleted at least 67 old posts from Twitter since the start of December.
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