McConnell Ignored CIA Warnings that Russia was trying to help Trump win the Presidency

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The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.

“It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected,” said a senior U.S. official briefed on an intelligence presentation made to U.S. senators. “That’s the consensus view.”

In September, during a secret briefing for congressional leaders, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voiced doubts about the veracity of the intelligence, according to officials present. Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House
So McConnell pooh-poohed the evidence, and was rewarded when Trump appointed his wife, Elaine Chao, as Transportation Secretary.

The good news is that Obama has asked for further investigation and wants a full report before his presidency is over--does anyone really think this threat to our national security would be thoroughly investigated after January 20?

I am upset that partisan politics would cause legislators to ignore a serious threat to our national security for some perceived short term gain.

If we are really "one nation under God" why are Senate Republicans ignoring the incursion of godless communism into our election?
 
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If Russia helped Trump win it would follow that they also helped Obama win in 2012 since while Romney was saying that Russia was our biggest threat Obama was the one who was friendly toward Russia and who told them that he would be more flexible for Russia after his reelection.



But the FBI said that they saw no clear link between Trump and Russia.

See the following articles (linked):
NY Times: Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia (Oct 31, 2016)
Bloomberg: Clinton Plugs Another Weak Story About Trump’s Ties to Putin (Nov 1, 2016)
 
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If we are really "one nation under God" why are Senate Republicans ignoring the incursion of godless communism into our election?
You mean the Godless communism of the Democrat Party? I don't think they ignored it since that was what they were going up against.

If you were speaking about the Godless Communism of Russia, then we would need a time machine to take us back about 25 years. If anything, their government is more Christian than ours because they actually promote traditional family values unlike one of the major parties in the US.
 
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So McConnell pooh-poohed the evidence, and was rewarded when Trump appointed his wife, Elaine Chao, as Transportation Secretary.

The good news is that Obama has asked for further investigation and wants a full report before his presidency is over--does anyone really think this threat to our national security would be thoroughly investigated after January 20?

I am upset that partisan politics would cause legislators to ignore a serious threat to our national security for some perceived short term gain.

If we are really "one nation under God" why are Senate Republicans ignoring the incursion of godless communism into our election?
Russia ceased to be communist shortly after Reagan left office and the Soviet Union began to be dissolved.
 
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But the FBI said that they saw no clear link between Trump and Russia.

You have me rolling on the floor today, buddy!

The idea that the FBI would have a more thorough knowledge of foreign espionage, propaghada and conspiracy than the CIA - Lol! And that the "no clear link" observed comment somehow suggests that the FBI thinks Russia /wasn't/ involved! Heh!

So, now, the CIA believes that Russia conspired to rig our Presidential election. What course of action do you believe is prudent here? President elect Trump is calling for this not to be investigated further. What do you think should happen?
 
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We will have to put up,with this for the next 8 years....whining sometimes doesn't get old for some
Whining? Prepare for the next great Civil Rights movement.

The only way 8 years will be in play is if the Constitution is suspended. That is not outside the realm of possibility, given Trump's megalomania, but I am hopeful that a critical mass of Americans will wake up.
 
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