vivster said:
Well it's not like the election winners will do anything about this and someone has to. Tempering with their oh so loved democracy should be a bipartisan outrage but of course it's not. As famous philosopher Trump once said: "A rigged election is fine as long as I'm winning. If not then it's bad." Obama is just living Trump's mantra. |
Well, it kind of is bipartisan ... just not from Trump's camp. Several Republican politicians understand that this goes beyond political cat-fighting.
Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham called Wednesday for Congress to take a tougher stance against Russia for meddling in the U.S. presidential election. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/john-mccain-lindsey-graham-russia-hacking-congress-233003
“Let the new Congress and the new president deal with Russia, pass new sanctions, much tougher than the ones we already have,” Graham said, arguing that Obama acting on his way out of office would “send the wrong signal.”
McCain said the issue is “of the utmost seriousness.”
“Look, if you’re able to change the results of an election, then you have undermined the very fundamentals of democracy,” McCain said, adding that he doesn’t, however, believe the Russian hacking affected the election result.
They're going to push for Trump to take a stand. Good luck to them on that.
