Posted on 01/12/2021 12:34:47 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Chris Krebs, former U.S. cybersecurity chief , warned it will take years to erase the disinformation spread by President Trump throughout his presidency that last week incited insurrectionists to storm the U.S. Capitol.
“We’re on the verge of what I fear to be a pretty significant breakdown in democracy and civil society,” said Krebs. The FBI has warned of violent demonstrations nationwide in the days leading up to Joe Biden’s inauguration.
“This is the equivalent of ignoring pain in your chest for a couple weeks and then all of a sudden you have a catastrophic heart attack,” Krebs said “We’re on the verge of what I fear to be a pretty significant breakdown in democracy and civil society here.”
He said he hoped top law enforcement officials would step up to quell potential insurrection efforts but warned the damage would not end with Trump’s presidency.
″Over the next couple years, we have to continue chipping away at the disinformation and the propaganda and the lies that have been spread over the last several years to generate and motivate and incite these actors.”
“The narrative’s been set, it’s been ingrained,” he added. “I’m sure the president will continue to claim that the election was stolen, whether for fundraising opportunities or just to shield his ego.”
He said Trump was responsible and would ultimately have to take responsibility.
”I see the District of Columbia attorney general is looking at criminal charges. That is part of the toolkit that the next administration, that others will have to employ here to get some semblance of order back into the mainstream.”
Krebs was fired via tweet by Trump in November after the Department of Homeland Security office he led, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said it found no evidence of significant electoral fraud.
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Back stabbing ptick.
Go to hades, Chris Krebs you FN liar! Lazy, good for nothing!
We you steal something, the people affected by the theft are going to be PO’ed. I know I am.
There will be no break-down in Democracy whatsoever.
There never was one.
He’s right but not for the reasons he states. They have to explain away resistance.
It’s legitimately terrifying what is unfurling in front of us. This is literally from the history books of Weimar Germany. For those who didn’t pay attention in high school history: that doesn’t end well.
“erase the disinformation spread by President Trump”
That’s where I stopped reading.
NEXT..........
We, are losing Freedoms we've come to cherish.
Who has more motivation.
Covering his own failure.
If he had done his job and ensured the election software was secure, provided transparency and audit trails, retained the images of adjudicated records, and didn’t let the same ballot be scanned twice, then we would have had much cleaner records.
Asshole traitor. He needs to stfu.
The election was not stolen. Do not believe what you have seen. It was a case of mistaken visual witnessing. We know there was no fraud and you have no standing to take this to court. Stealing elections is not against the law, the democRATS do it every election!
They expect conservatives to accept this BS. Never!
It’s absolutely amazing that it was “no worries” about civil society breaking down 6 months ago when Antifa was trying to burn down the Portland federal building on a nightly basis while BLM looted your local Target. But Trump challenges the Dems’ phony mail-in ballot schemes, and all of sudden it’s societal collapse. Funny how this work. Huh.
This guy was a never trumper from the beginning.
The TRUTH that the election was stolen (and how it was stolen and who conspired to steal in, including the MOB and the CCP) WILL come out—in dribs and drabs—over the coming year!!!!
Then all who make statements like Krebs’ will have egg on their ugly faces!!!!
PDJT did so many things so well... hiring practices and getting good people wasn’t one of them. What rock do these people crawl out from?
So Mitch thinks the way back to “ mainstream” is criminalizing truth ....just part of the tool kit
Something tells me he will have a job in the new regime
See my tagline
Sorry Chris, not Mitch!
Sorry Krebs, we’re not a democracy anymore - try oligarchy.
Is he talking about the three years spent on the Russian collusion hoax? No?
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