Trump's Rigged Election Cries Are Right Out Of Kremlin Playbook, Warns Ex-Intel Official [View all]
Source: Huffington Post
President Donald Trump’s repeated complaints that the presidential election is rigged dovetails perfectly with Russia’s strategy for creating chaos and voter confusion in the U.S., a former top intelligence official warned Sunday.
“That message that you can’t trust our system, that you can’t trust the vote, that you can’t trust the other party — that you can’t trust — is exactly what the Russians, particularly, hope to achieve,” said Sue Gordon, former deputy director of national intelligence.
“Their aim would be to sow the divisions and to get Americans to say, ‘You know what? It’s not worth it. I can’t trust it. We’re not going to vote,‘” Gordon noted on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Trump has a particular responsibility to instill trust in the election, Gordon said.
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That is a good point made on Sunday. To the extent that Trump and Republicans try to question the election or claim it is rigged with fraudulent votes, isn’t it their fault, since they opposed numerous election bills designed to expand access to the vote, and they could have included funding for security measures.
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