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They're not.
One was a completely fabricated lie that served only to rile up one political voting base for future elections. It concerns domestic politics only.

The other is an indicator of a larger problem endemic to Western civilization as a whole, caused by one aggressive adversarial country. This problem extends beyond the boundaries of "democrats and republicans"; there is extensive evidence that such actions were taken by this other country; there is extensive evidence that similar actions have been taken in our ally nations; and you are completely wrong for trying to claim that this is nothing more than democrats and republicans being democrats and republicans. Open your eyes - even a Republican-controlled Congress is rallying for harsher sanctions against Russia. It has 0% to do with domestic politics at all.