Posted on 11/16/2016 4:44:59 PM PST by McGruff
A leading Republican lawmaker is calling for investigations into alleged Russian cyberhacks during the US election despite President-elect Donald Trump's repeated calls for warmer ties with Moscow.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and one of the chamber's most experienced foreign policy hands, said the attempt by a foreign country to interfere with the US voting process needs better understanding and a vigorous response.
"Assuming for a moment that we do believe that the Russian government was controlling outside organizations that hacked into our election, they should be punished," Graham told reporters Tuesday. Referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Graham added that, "Putin should be punished."
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“hacked into your elections”
Really?
The only “hacking” that was done was kiddie-level stuff like phishing for that fool Podesta’s password and hacking the criminals at the DNC.
At first I thought this was an article from The Onion, but when I read that the “GOP Senator” was Lindsey Graham, the idiocy suddenly made sense.
Linda is such a Never Trumper that he is still looking for ways to cause Trouble for the President Elect. If his party affiliation would make control of the Senate flip, I think he would change parties, too.
Trump needs to find out what Hillary and Obama have on Graham and then release the details. No need to engage in blackmail, just find out what they have been using to blackmail him. Otherwise, the left gets to keep him as their little mole.
Lipstick Pig doesn’t want to ease tensions - hoping for a war to “prove” we shouldn’t have elected Trump....
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