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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden, lawmakers warn of foreign interference in election
WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he is putting Russia and other foreign governments on notice that he would act aggressively as president to counter any interference in U.S. elections. The statement came hours after Democratic leaders issued a new warning that Congress appears to be the target of a foreign interference campaign.
Biden said in a statement Monday that he would treat foreign interference as an an adversarial act that significantly affects the relationship between the United States and the interfering nations government. He criticized President Donald Trump for not doing enough in response to U.S. intelligence agencies' assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
If any foreign power recklessly chooses to interfere in our democracy, I will not hesitate to respond as president to impose substantial and lasting costs, Biden said.
The new alarms give a renewed urgency to concerns that foreign actors could be trying to influence the vote or sow disinformation. Biden said last week that he had begun receiving intelligence briefings and warned that Russia, China and other adversaries were attempting to undermine the presidential election. Biden gave no evidence, but he said that Russia was still engaged after 2016 and that China was also involved in efforts to sow doubts in the American electoral process.
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(22,110 posts)absolutely nothing to protect the American election process from this interference. Biden is right to warn these foreign governments and / or agents that serious consequences will occur if they continue to try and interfere w/ our election process. I'd say even to the point of interfering in their elections, interfering w/ their system of government, etc. (and see how they like it).
The era of America being 'nice' to these adversaries is over with. Serious consequences now await, come 1/2021 after Biden is sworn in.