The President finally admits to Russian election interference

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[WFFaithful]

Next press conference

Press: What is the President doing about the Russian interference?

Spicer: There was no Russian interference.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

And here's a good read on the reasons why.

You can definitely argue Obama should have done more (as many in his administration have/still argue) but at least he tried to stand up for the US. The same cannot be said about the man who followed him.




Obama’s secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin’s election assault

https://www.washingtonpost.com/grap...utin-election-hacking/?utm_term=.bf088228c8bb

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Jeh Johnson, the homeland-security secretary, was responsible for finding out whether the government could quickly shore up the security of the nation’s archaic patchwork of voting systems. He floated the idea of designating state mechanisms “critical infrastructure,” a label that would have entitled states to receive priority in federal cybersecurity assistance, putting them on a par with U.S. defense contractors and financial networks.

On Aug. 15, Johnson arranged a conference call with dozens of state officials, hoping to enlist their support. He ran into a wall of resistance.

The reaction “ranged from neutral to negative,” Johnson said in congressional testimony Wednesday.

Brian Kemp, the Republican secretary of state of Georgia, used the call to denounce Johnson’s proposal as an assault on state rights. “I think it was a politically calculated move by the previous administration,” Kemp said in a recent interview, adding that he remains unconvinced that Russia waged a campaign to disrupt the 2016 race. “I don’t necessarily believe that,” he said.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Also just fucking investigate, learn from the problem and make sure it never happens again.

 

[PhDeac]

http://time.com/4828306/russian-hacking-election-widespread-private-data/

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The fact that private data was stolen from states is separately providing investigators a previously unreported line of inquiry in the probes into Russian attempts to influence the election. In Illinois, more than 90% of the nearly 90,000 records stolen by Russian state actors contained drivers license numbers, and a quarter contained the last four digits of voters’ Social Security numbers, according to Ken Menzel, the General Counsel of the State Board of Elections.

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[jhmd2000]

Which is more likely:

a) People don't like Hillary Clinton,
b) The Dem identity politics play didn't resonate in a swath of the country full of poor white people looking for work.
c) But Russia!

 

[TWDeac]

Which is more likely:

a) People don't like Hillary Clinton,
b) The Dem identity politics play didn't resonate in a swath of the country full of poor white people looking for work.
c) But Russia!

You are a younger bkf. What percentage of your posts don't talk about Clinton or libtard comeuppance?

 

[DistrictDeacon]

Which is more likely:

a) People don't like Hillary Clinton,
b) The Dem identity politics play didn't resonate in a swath of the country full of poor white people looking for work.
c) But Russia!

Flail, bitch, flail.

 

[jhmd2000]

You are a younger bkf. What percentage of your posts don't talk about Clinton or libtard comeuppance?

So long as you guys keep crying, I will be here to dry your tears.

 

[jhmd2000]

Flail, bitch, flail.

Interesting what triggers these days.

 

[Milhouse]

Which is more likely:

a) People don't like Hillary Clinton,
b) The Dem identity politics play didn't resonate in a swath of the country full of poor white people looking for work.
c) But Russia!

d) emails

 

[ChrisL68]

So long as you guys keep crying, I will be here to dry your tears.

Coming from the guy who is still talking about how Mitt Romney should be president 5 years past expiration date.

 

[jhmd2000]

Coming from the guy who is still talking about how Mitt Romney should be president 5 years past expiration date.

He should. Far better candidate than either of the nominees.

He cared about Russia before it was cool.

 

[BarcaDeac]

Too bad "your party" thought differently

 

[jhmd2000]

Too bad "your party" thought differently

Eh, he didn't run. Wouldn't have mattered. The rise of the Rubes was coming regardless, because both parties spent the last 20 years earning it. I am sure they will respect a deep state nullifucation insurgency.

 

[WFFaithful]

d) emails

More like a) 1)

 

[ChrisL68]

Both parties... Including people like Mitt Romney

 

[Coach O]

jhmd...why the interest in Dems "learning" from the election loss?

I'm not Dem...not Rep. We had an election, and Trump won. Now that he is in the Oval Office, my only interest is in wanting him to serve the American people. Lying to them is not ok.

Shouldn't that be your focus?

 

[RJKarl]

jhmd...why the interest in Dems "learning" from the election loss?

I'm not Dem...not Rep. We had an election, and Trump won. Now that he is in the Oval Office, my only interest is in wanting him to serve the American people. Lying to them is not ok.

Shouldn't that be your focus?

Well he only lied 492 times during his first 100 days.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-the-fact-check-tally/?utm_term=.7e0380bfc528