Trump and the GOP (including Republican intelligence leaders) are giving Russia cover as it attacks the United States. 1/ https://www.npr.org/2020/08/29/907498065/director-of-national-intelligence-cancels-election-security-briefings-democrats-">https://www.npr.org/2020/08/2...
Trump and McConnell did it in 2016 too. 2/ https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/23/mitch-mcconnell-russia-obama-joe-biden-359531">https://www.politico.com/story/201...
3/ Remember this? “By August [2016], the US Intelligence community had reported that Russian hackers could edit actual VOTE TALLIES, according to 4 of Obama’s senior advisors.” #Rigged by @davidashimer
Of course u don’t remember it. No one told us. #GroundhogDay.
Of course u don’t remember it. No one told us. #GroundhogDay.
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5/ Sourced timeline of Trump’s coverup that preceded #RealityWinner’s release of the NSA report that proved Russian hacking wasn’t “fake news” (as Trump had falsely characterized it). https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1115806204918263808.html">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/11...
7/ The GOP blocked 3 election security bills, including the #SAFEAct, which wld have banned cellular modems in precinct scanners, which ES&S installed in WI & FL in 2015 & recently in MI. They connect the scanners & central tabulators to the internet. https://www.axios.com/gop-senator-election-security-blocks-3f432161-42f4-4fa2-9207-d281ec857058.html">https://www.axios.com/gop-senat...
8/ ES&S has donated $30K to the Republican State Leadership Committee since 2013. https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/11/05/voting-machines-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/">https://www.nybooks.com/daily/201...
9/ “The aims and actions of Russia, China and Iran are not the same. Only one country –Russia– is actively undertaking a range of measures to undermine the presidential election & to secure the outcome that the Kremlin sees as best serving its interests” https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/82920 ">https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/...