This is straight from the lips of Robert Mueller during his testimony before Congress, that Russian election interference is a real thing and “happening even as we speak.” That raises the question, which is worse, Donald Trump or his foreign allies? Or is there even a difference? Is there even sunlight between the two? CNN is reporting that Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirms that two non-credible bomb threats on an election facility were received, believed to be of Russian origin.
“We’ve heard some threats that were of Russian origin. I don’t know how to describe that that’s viable – we don’t think they are, but in the interest of public safety, we always check that out, and we’ll just continue to be very responsible when we hear about stuff like that,” Raffensperger said. “We identified the source, and it was from Russia.”
“They’re up to mischief, it seems, and they don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election,” he added. “Anything that can get us to fight amongst ourselves – they can count that as a victory.”
Raffensperger, a Republican, did not elaborate on how exactly state officials determined the bomb threats came from Russia.
The non-credible threats caused the temporary closure of polling places at the Etris Community Center and Gullatt Elementary in Union City, just outside of Atlanta, according to Fulton County Police. Union City’s population is nearly 90% Black, according to the US Census Bureau.
The county is seeking to extend voting hours due to the disturbance, according to Nadine Williams, Fulton County registration and elections director.
An FBI statement said it was aware of the threats but did not address their source.
I find it difficult to believe trump does not know anything about this-intelligence probably needs to take a look at this. Get receipts folks! It is past time for trump to pay the piper.
BTW, pootie-pie seems to be directing a lot of this sort of thing our way. Are we repaying the favor? If not, why not? Seems like we should be making mischief too.
Thank you for these interesting thoughts, Ursula. As relevant but not relevant, they could not let us into the building for early for voting “until the dogs are done”. It’s sad and disturbing that this has become normal.
Not just Georgia, about 4-5 swing states have had Fake RUSSIAN bomb threats and the polling is staying open longer to allow all votes. More Russian interference