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In reply to the discussion: What happens when our overwhelming votes get flipped by Russian hackers? [View all]pandr32
(14,103 posts)43. I completely agree
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What happens when our overwhelming votes get flipped by Russian hackers? [View all]
onecaliberal
Jan 2018
OP
We do not have a secure voting system. Putin thinks we asked for interference.
Irish_Dem
Jan 2018
#4
Federal leadership vacuum, focus on 'voter fraud' (suppression) instead of electoral fraud,
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#6
And, any steps that are being taken aren't being made known to the public (nor the Russians). (n/t)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#7
Wow! So glad you are here to tell us all what's happening! And you know this, how? (n/t)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#15
Eric Holder would reveal any classified or secret measures underway/in place? I DON'T THINK SO. (nt)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#18
I did - and if you think a tweet encapsulates all knowledge, you might wanna vote Trump '20
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#23
When polls favor us 70-30 and we lose 51-49, it will give us legitimacy Demand a revote.
NightWatcher
Jan 2018
#8
Most polls are national. Got to go state by state. When there are more red states than blue, we lose
tonyt53
Jan 2018
#35
If (when) the Russian hand is caught in the act of attacking our election...
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#11
like them trying to jail the British intel officer who blew the whistle on dump to the FBI
onecaliberal
Jan 2018
#12
'Traitorous Republicans yawn' spoken like a person who has argued away their own agency.
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#16
It takes courage to oppose a corrupt Republican conspiracy. THERE. I DID IT ANYWAY.
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#20
No indication that the Russians (or anybody else) engaged in vote-flipping...
brooklynite
Jan 2018
#26
We know 39 states' systems experienced attempted 'intrusions' by Russia. THAT IS A REAL RISK. (n/t)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#28
The Russian campaign hit 39 states in one case hackers tried to delete and alter voter data
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#29
No it doesn't - but the burglar was in our house, looked around, probably took pictures.
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#37
Impossible to prove a negative - but your apparently blithe confidence is unjustified. (n/t)
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#39
My confidence is based on the fact that no candidate has claimed vote flipping occurred...
brooklynite
Jan 2018
#40
There is a difference between believing an event did not happen, and knowing that it did not happen.
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#42
And the confidence to KNOW, not just BELIEVE, that it did not happen is what we must build...
FreepFryer
Jan 2018
#44
We will be ridiculed for even suggesting it might have happened. Move on. Nothing to see here.
librechik
Jan 2018
#49
this is why republicans are doing absolutely nothing about russian interference.
spanone
Jan 2018
#54