Best take I've seen... I would have added the IC's failure re: Iraq
Worth watching the entire 11+ minutes.
Posted By Tim Hains
On Date July 16, 2018
Sen. Rand Paul debates CNN's Wolf Blitzer about "Trump derangement syndrome" and the media's reaction to the Trump-Putin summit. He responds to Newt Gingrich, who tweeted that
"I think people have gotten over top on this and lost the big picture," Paul said. "The big picture is that we should be engaged with Russia. We should have conversations with Russia. We have serious conflicts in various parts of the globe. It would be a mistake not to have open lines of communication with them."
"And I can tell you what I have told the Russians who were here in the United States when I conversed with them. Hacking into the election if they did it and all likelihood the evidence looks like they did, it has backfired because it's made relations worse. And so, if they want to have better relations, there should be a great deal of incentive as time goes for them not to do it again because it’s made relations so much worse. And so, my hope is that we will push the issue and that over time those incentives will be apparent," he added.
"Instead of making this about everything's about Trump and accusing Trump of collusion with the Russians and all this craziness, that's not true, we should try to protect the integrity of our elections," Sen. Paul also said. "Nobody is talking about protecting the integrity of the elections. How would you protect the integrity of the elections? Make sure they're decentralized. Make sure there’s very good controls from the precinct on up. Make sure we’re not storing the data in a central area where there aren't checks and balances at the local area. There are a lot of ways to make sure our election is not tampered with."
"Also, it’s important when you say the Russians meddled, they hacked into Hillary Clinton's e-mail, and revealed some truths about her that weren’t very popular. I agree they did that. But the thing is is nobody’s alleging that votes were changed, that they got into our electoral system," he noted.
Transcript at: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/v...y_refuse_to_work_responsibly_with_russia.html
Worth watching the entire 11+ minutes.
Posted By Tim Hains
On Date July 16, 2018
Sen. Rand Paul debates CNN's Wolf Blitzer about "Trump derangement syndrome" and the media's reaction to the Trump-Putin summit. He responds to Newt Gingrich, who tweeted that
"I think people have gotten over top on this and lost the big picture," Paul said. "The big picture is that we should be engaged with Russia. We should have conversations with Russia. We have serious conflicts in various parts of the globe. It would be a mistake not to have open lines of communication with them."
"And I can tell you what I have told the Russians who were here in the United States when I conversed with them. Hacking into the election if they did it and all likelihood the evidence looks like they did, it has backfired because it's made relations worse. And so, if they want to have better relations, there should be a great deal of incentive as time goes for them not to do it again because it’s made relations so much worse. And so, my hope is that we will push the issue and that over time those incentives will be apparent," he added.
"Instead of making this about everything's about Trump and accusing Trump of collusion with the Russians and all this craziness, that's not true, we should try to protect the integrity of our elections," Sen. Paul also said. "Nobody is talking about protecting the integrity of the elections. How would you protect the integrity of the elections? Make sure they're decentralized. Make sure there’s very good controls from the precinct on up. Make sure we’re not storing the data in a central area where there aren't checks and balances at the local area. There are a lot of ways to make sure our election is not tampered with."
"Also, it’s important when you say the Russians meddled, they hacked into Hillary Clinton's e-mail, and revealed some truths about her that weren’t very popular. I agree they did that. But the thing is is nobody’s alleging that votes were changed, that they got into our electoral system," he noted.
Transcript at: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/v...y_refuse_to_work_responsibly_with_russia.html
