Republican senators urge Trump to take Russian hacking reports seriously

Posted by | January 8, 2017 09:44 | Filed under: Politics

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This may be a major breach between Trump and serious Republicans.

In a joint appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain said evidence was conclusive that Putin sought to influence the election – a point that Trump has refuted repeatedly by arguing it might be impossible to tell who was responsible.

“In a couple weeks, Donald Trump will be the defender of the free world and democracy,” Graham said. “You should let everybody know in America, Republicans and Democrats, that you’re going to make Russia pay a price for trying to interfere.”

Both senators said they remain unsure if they will support Trump’s pick for secretary of state, former Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson, who has been criticized for his close ties to Putin. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Wednesday to consider Tillerson’s nomination.

Three U.S. intelligence agencies released a joint report on Friday that concluded that Putin directed efforts to help Trump’s electoral chances by discrediting his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

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11 responses to Republican senators urge Trump to take Russian hacking reports seriously

  1. Buford2k11 January 8th, 2017 at 10:24

    let’s rerun the election…without all the outside interference…without the republicans cheating…the Wikileaks emails should never have been allowed to be weaponized and used against Hillary…period….

    • The Original Just Me January 9th, 2017 at 03:52

      We could even let the Wizard of OZ run it. LOL :)

  2. KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 8th, 2017 at 10:28

    If Trump faces the reality of Russian intervention in our election, (in fact our democracy) he must face the fact that the legitimacy of his presidency is questionable.
    As if losing the popular vote and sqeeking out a win in less than half a dozen rust belt states wasn’t enough.

  3. KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 8th, 2017 at 10:30

    .
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/429531e8d5c6b66a0f4c2ecad172ed29d731cfbc4ca00fb59fe78b444c12902a.jpg

    • The Original Just Me January 8th, 2017 at 13:01

      Right ON Brother.

  4. William January 8th, 2017 at 10:56

    Why should Trump take it seriously? Neither house is taking it seriously. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/602edddce097f25712ffa990f5fff678a64b1d8f509015dc4706e6f89ce0bed0.jpg

    • The Original Just Me January 8th, 2017 at 13:00

      They are finishing off the left over Wine from the Congressional Investigation Meetings. YAWNNNNN !!!!

    • amersham1046 January 8th, 2017 at 19:25

      either looking for more servers, or rooting for tubers in the back 40

  5. robert January 8th, 2017 at 12:08

    Good luck to all of the gop senators

    http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/05/trump-admit-russia-carried-election-hack-latest-twitter-tantrum.html

  6. The Original Just Me January 8th, 2017 at 12:58

    The Russians are Rolling in the Floor Right Now, Laughing their A$$es Off at US.

  7. labman57 January 8th, 2017 at 13:36

    So to sum up the conclusions of Team Trump:
    The interference by Putin and Russia never happened …
    but if it did happen, Team Trump had no advanced knowledge of it, and it definitely had no effect on the outcome of the election.

    To be shortly followed up with:
    But if it did contribute to the election outcome, it only proves that Putin is pro-America and Russia is our best ally in the world.

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