Will Hurd, R-TX:
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By playing into Vladimir Putin’s hands, [Trump] actively participated in a Russian disinformation campaign...
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Somehow [Somehow? Trump's active participation in the Russian disinformation campaign is "somehow."] many Americans have forgotten that Russia is our adversary, not our ally, and the reasons for today’s tensions go back much farther than the 2016 election. For more than a decade, Russia has meddled in elections around the world... Mitt Romney had it right in 2012 when he told President Barack Obama that Russia was “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” [Absolutely right and I mocked Romney for it.]
Our intelligence community has concluded with high confidence that President Putin personally ordered his security services to undertake an influence campaign aimed at undermining confidence in American democracy to sow chaos in our electoral system...
...Disinformation and chaos is a Russian art form developed during the Soviet era that Russia has now updated using modern tools. The result has been Russian disinformation spreading like a virus throughout the Western world. From elections in Britain, France and Montenegro to invasions of Georgia and Ukraine, Moscow has pursued an aggressive foreign policy aimed at spreading disorder and expanding Russian influence...
Moreover, the threat of Russian meddling in United States elections is not behind us. Just last week, Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, cautioned that “the warning lights are blinking red” that Russia and other adversaries will undertake further cyberattacks on our digital infrastructure.
[Hurd feels compelled to say this because Trump said Russia did NOT pose a threat to future elections. When a president says "no threat" when his DNI says "threat," that is "actively participating in the Russian disinformation campaign." That is spreading propaganda for the benefit of a foreign nation. What is that? A "high crime"? A "misdemeanor"? Nothing? I don't know what it is.]
Make no mistake, Russian disinformation campaigns are working.
[How so, Hurd? You have to be specific: Did the Russian disinformation campaign "work" in bringing about the Catastrophe?]
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/opinion/trump-russia-putin-republican-congress.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
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By playing into Vladimir Putin’s hands, [Trump] actively participated in a Russian disinformation campaign...
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Somehow [Somehow? Trump's active participation in the Russian disinformation campaign is "somehow."] many Americans have forgotten that Russia is our adversary, not our ally, and the reasons for today’s tensions go back much farther than the 2016 election. For more than a decade, Russia has meddled in elections around the world... Mitt Romney had it right in 2012 when he told President Barack Obama that Russia was “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” [Absolutely right and I mocked Romney for it.]
Our intelligence community has concluded with high confidence that President Putin personally ordered his security services to undertake an influence campaign aimed at undermining confidence in American democracy to sow chaos in our electoral system...
...Disinformation and chaos is a Russian art form developed during the Soviet era that Russia has now updated using modern tools. The result has been Russian disinformation spreading like a virus throughout the Western world. From elections in Britain, France and Montenegro to invasions of Georgia and Ukraine, Moscow has pursued an aggressive foreign policy aimed at spreading disorder and expanding Russian influence...
Moreover, the threat of Russian meddling in United States elections is not behind us. Just last week, Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, cautioned that “the warning lights are blinking red” that Russia and other adversaries will undertake further cyberattacks on our digital infrastructure.
[Hurd feels compelled to say this because Trump said Russia did NOT pose a threat to future elections. When a president says "no threat" when his DNI says "threat," that is "actively participating in the Russian disinformation campaign." That is spreading propaganda for the benefit of a foreign nation. What is that? A "high crime"? A "misdemeanor"? Nothing? I don't know what it is.]
Make no mistake, Russian disinformation campaigns are working.
[How so, Hurd? You have to be specific: Did the Russian disinformation campaign "work" in bringing about the Catastrophe?]
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/opinion/trump-russia-putin-republican-congress.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
