Cardin: Russia's election meddling is 'an act of war'

[babylonsister]

Cardin: Russia's election meddling is 'an act of war'
By LOUIS NELSON

11/01/2017 11:03 AM EDT


Russian efforts to interfere in last year’s presidential election amount to “an act of war,” Sen. Ben Cardin said Wednesday, and to question otherwise plays right into Russia’s hands.

“You’re falling into Russia’s trap. Russia is spending money in this country to convince us that this is nothing more than what’s been done since the beginning of time,” the Maryland Democrat said Wednesday at an event hosted by the National Democratic Institute. “It’s a conscientious effort to say ‘we all do this, so why is America getting upset?’ And we’re falling trap to it because we’re giving legitimacy to this.”

“Cyber is an attack against our country. When you use cyber in an affirmative way to compromise our democratic, free election system, that’s an attack against America,” he continued. “It’s an act of war. It is an act of war.”

That Russia sought to interfere in last year’s presidential election, an allegation it denies, has been the assessment of the U.S. intelligence community dating back to last year. The FBI, CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence all concluded that the Kremlin’s efforts were aimed at the candidacy of President Donald Trump, who held warmer positions toward Russia during the campaign, and harming that of Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/01/russia-meddling-us-elections-ndi-event-244414

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Of course it is, duh. But to recognize that Senator, you need patriots in BOTH parties.

[gibraltar72]

2. Well of

course it was and Putin had his quislings in place to further his aims Useful idiots or traitors results were the same. Dems need to drive home this point day in day out. Any Republican who didn't know something was up when platform changed didn't want to know.