Dear @USATODAY
PASSIVE tense does not become you.
Unnamed Senate Republicans reportedly stripped the National Defense Authorization Act of a provision that required presidential campaigns to report any foreign entity attempt to interfere in U.S. elections.
#FTFY
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) sponsored the amendment which had passed the Senate Intelligence Committee (8-7) in May.
GOP
Rubio, acting chair
Blunt, MO
Burr, NC
Collins, ME
Cornyn, TX
Cotton, AR
Risch, ID
Sasse, NE
Ds
Warner, vice chair
Bennet, CO
Feinstein, CA
Harris, CA
Heinrich, NM
King, ME
Wyden, OR
If it's important enough to report, it's important enough to name names, @USATODAY.
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
The very same Senate Intelligence Committee reported extensively on how Russia had interfered in 2016. Here's one report:
RUSSIAN ACTIVE MEASURES, CAMPAIGNS AND INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016 U.S. ELECTION
VOLUME 2: RUSSIA'S USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/…
And DNI from Jan 2017:
"Russian efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential election ...demonstrated a significant escalation in directness, level of activity, and scope of effort compared to previous operations."
dni.gov/files/document…
Seriously missing from the @USATODAY report - the fact that foreign involvement isn't new (Vietnam helped Nixon; Iran helped Reagan) but has been underreported. And Congress historically turned a blind eye. Common thread? Republicans.
politico.com/magazine/story…
Any bill or amendment should ALSO demand that the US government stop meddling in elections in other countries.
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takea…
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