.MaddowBlog: Senate Majority Leader McConnell tries gaslighting on Obama, Russia.
It’s at least somewhat understandable that Republicans are seizing on Attorney General Bill Barr’s summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report as good news for Donald Trump. I think it’s premature – the White House’s allies haven’t read Mueller’s findings, which may be worse for the president than Barr characterized – but the political antics make some sense.
McConnell argued that the report shows that Obama was unprepared to address Russian election meddling efforts, but the majority leader conveniently ignored his reported attempts to water down the Obama White House’s attempts to call out the Russia interference efforts ahead of the 2016 election.“The attorney general reports that Russia carried out online disinformation campaign and computer hacking efforts designed to sow discord in our nation and interfere in American politics.
That didn’t happen – because McConnel refused. As the Washington Post reported in 2017, when national security officials told congressional leaders about Russia’s interference, it was McConnell who not only didn’t want to alert the public, he also questioned the validity of the intelligence. By way of a defense, McConnell’s office has pointed to a September 2016 letter, signed by congressional leaders from both parties, which was sent to the president of the National Association of State Election Directors. It warned state officials about possible hacking efforts.
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