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Avi Bueno
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There's a lot of misinformation being spread by Republicans & Lewandowski during this hearing, specifically regarding 2016 election interference & what the Obama administration & the FBI did or didn't do.

Let's go through them. Thread.
1) Republicans have claimed that they received no warning Russia (or others) would work to interfere with the election or their campaign, yet they were explicitly warned by the FBI of this.

thedailybeast.com/report-fbi-war…
2a) Republicans (specifically Representative Ken Buck) have claimed that Obama did nothing to prevent election interference or to warn the American people of it as Russia was interfering elsewhere, yet it was McConnell who refused to address it.

politico.com/story/2018/01/…
2b) Additionally, after warning their Russian intelligence counterparts & Obama to Putin directly, & after McConnell refused to sign a bipartisan statement, the US Intelligence Community released a public warning that election interference was ongoing.

dhs.gov/news/2016/10/0…
3) Republicans have claimed that the Democrats are wasting time with these hearings, rather than addressing ongoing election security issues, yet it's McConnell and Republicans who have refused to address and continue to block election security bills.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/mccon…
4) Republicans and Trump have been the players working to make our elections less secure. Last year Republicans also blocked election security bills, including one that would have provided $250 MILLION to beef up election security.

usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
5) Trump's administration has gutted election security task forces in DHS, with DHS claiming they aim to refill those spots, but no indication they fully intend on doing that.

Every claim made by Republicans in this hearing has been false and projection.

thedailybeast.com/trumps-dhs-gut…
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