re: #215 Anymouse 🌹

Since when is Adam Schiff blaming President Obama for Russian meddling?

One of the Sunday morning tv shows must have mentioned it. The story is actually two days old:

Top Democrat says Obama shares responsibility for Russia’s meddling

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s muted response to the 2014 Sony hack may have laid the groundwork for Russia’s meddling in the 2016 elections, a top Democrat argued Friday.

Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said the previous administration should have established a “more forceful deterrent” against potential adversaries considering cyberattacks against the U.S. or its institutions.

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“I’m certain that had John McCain or Mitt Romney been the nominee in 2016, they would have said, ‘Russia, butt the hell out,’” Schiff said. “But that’s not who Donald Trump was.

But the Obama administration shared some responsibility for what happened because of its response to Russia’s actions.

“We should have called them out much earlier,” Schiff said. “While I respect the motive in terms of the Obama administration, they didn’t want to be seen as meddling, the American people had a right to know what was going on and could be trusted to do the right thing with it. And they should have defended being more public and aggressive at the time, at least in my view.”