Members of Congress are sounding the alarm, but the White House has been blocking efforts to fight Russian election interference by refusing to admit that there is a problem.
After Sen. Mark Warner tweeted:
Russian election interference is a threat not just to the United States, but to all Western democracies. @SenatorBurr and I are working with our British counterparts to combat this real and continuing threat. https://t.co/EHa6xr0S1Y
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) February 8, 2018
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CNN’s Jim Sciutto tweeted:
Russian election interference is a threat not just to the United States, but to all Western democracies. @SenatorBurr and I are working with our British counterparts to combat this real and continuing threat. https://t.co/EHa6xr0S1Y
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) February 8, 2018
The Russians compromised US voter rolls, and they are coming for more
It was confirmed on Wednesday that the Russians were able to get into the voter rolls in several states in 2016. It is also widely known that their election interference efforts around the world have not stopped, and will not stop on their own in the United States. Democrats and Republicans in Congress are trying to fight the Russian meddling in US elections, but they can’t do it without the White House.
Trump won’t combat Russian election interference, because that is how he won
Trump has zero interest in cracking down on Russia because the Russians are the reason why he is currently in the White House. If America is going to stop Russian election interference, they will first have to get Trump out of the White House. The Russians will continue to interfere for Trump because they have never stopped. For example, the release the memo social media campaign was heavily pushed by Russian bots.
Donald Trump isn’t going to fix the problem because he is the problem. When the United States gets rid of Trump, the country will be able to combat the problem.
This is reason one million why the Trump presidency must come to an end.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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