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Mitch McConnell once again vowed to NOT TO even bring the Election Security bill up for a vote.
Even though the issue of improving Election Security is very popular across all demographics.
In 2016, Russian hackers targeted voting systems in 21 states and, according to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, breached systems in Illinois and two counties in Florida, gaining access to information on millions of registered voters. In his report, Mueller described the Russian government’s interference in the 2016 elections as “sweeping and systematic.”
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Three years later, security experts warn that not enough has been done to address vulnerabilities in the U.S. election system. [...]
In fourteen states, some 2018 midterm voters submitted their votes on touchscreens that did not produce paper trails necessary to verify their votes or audit election outcomes. [...]
Several Democratic and Republican members of Congress have submitted legislation to shore up election security. [...]
But all the bills have hit a roadblock. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has reportedly told his colleagues that he will not allow the Senate to vote on election security legislation this session.
truthout.org
We need to make Mitch McConnell own this Issue. Make the “Ditch Mitch” moniker synonymous with his Do Nothing work-ethic. It’s almost like Mitch WANTS Russian Interference in 2020 again.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell likes to boast that he's the "grim reaper," bedeviling a chamber where progressive legislation from House Democrats comes to die. Funny guy. But the joke sours fast when the languishing proposals include sensible, bipartisan measures to protect America's elections from another "concerted attack," like the one special counsel Robert Mueller found was launched by Russia in 2016.
As Mueller meticulously detailed, Russian operatives not only conducted a vast disinformation campaign through Twitter and Facebook, and hacked documents from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, but also tried to penetrate 21 state election-related networks. In congressional testimony on Wednesday, former FBI officials detailed some of the textbook Russian spy craft used in the election interference effort.
The 2020 presidential election is the next target. [...]
Stanford University just published a comprehensive review of weaknesses in the U.S. election process and offered solutions, including an endorsement of the Honest Ads Act, originally co-sponsored by the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
That proposal would require the Federal Election Commission to publicly archive social media political ads and who paid for them. "American voters must choose their leaders," the Stanford authors said, "without help or interference from outsiders."
www.usatoday.com
Why are not more Dem raising this as the “wedge issue” of the Trump residency?
[...] Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for blocking legislation that would protect U.S. elections from future interference, including by foreign governments.
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“The Republican Senate, Leader McConnell just stands there and twiddles their thumbs and almost says, ‘Come on Putin, let it happen,'” said Schumer, who added that any leader in Congress who doesn’t work to protect the nation’s elections is “abdicating their responsibilities to our grand democracy.”
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Second, Democrats plan to press McConnell to allow votes on amendments for the 2020 defense policy bill that the Senate will consider this week that deal with election interference, which Schumer called a “national security issue.”
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“It’s hard to come up with any good reason why anyone should block this,” Schumer said.
www.nbcnews.com
It’s not like Dems wouldn’t have the “popular support” for exposing McConnell as the conniving “Hate America” hypocrite that he really is ...
NPR/Marist Poll National Tables September 5th through September 9th, 2018
Do you think keeping U.S. elections safe and secure is a top priority, is important but not a priority, or is not an important issue?
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Top priority |
Important, but not a priority |
Is not an important issue |
Unsure |
National Adults |
63% |
28% |
7% |
2% |
National Registered Voters |
64% |
28% |
6% |
2% |
maristpoll.marist.edu — pg 3
Mitch McConnell is “playing with fire” by blocking this very popular Election Security bill.
We need to make sure he gets burned by his anti-American obstruction. Make sure that Independents are told about Mitch’s effort to “pave the way” for another Putin Victory in 2020.
Mitch is NOT looking out for us, the American Voters. We need to shout it again and again, until he finally changes his ways. Or he is finally voted out of Office, for quietly doing Putin’s bidding, from within the shadows.
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