Speaking on “CBS This Morning” on Thursday, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia urged the country to pay more attention to the issue of election security in light of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony.
“Where we’ve been focused is the point that Bob Mueller made repeatedly yesterday, not only did Russia attack us in 2016, but they will be back in 2020,” Warner said. “I’ve got no interest in re-litigating 2016, I am interested in making sure that we have appropriate protections in 2020.”
But as I argued on Wednesday, we can’t really separate present election security issues from what happened in 2016 and President Donald Trump’s subsequent efforts to cover it up. As it stands, Trump is the primary force in American politics preventing the country from fortifying its election systems against foreign influence and corruption.
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