It's FACT That Russia Attacked The United States In 2016

The Russian government attacked the United States in 2016. That attack was on the essence of our democracy -- our electoral system. This is not supposition. It is a FACT. And so important a fact that it was the first sentence in the Mueller Report.

It does not matter whether you think the rest of the report condemned or exonerated Donald Trump. Both sides should be able to agree that Russia attacked us, and we need to do something about that.

Congress did pass additional sanctions against Russia (even though Trump refused to impose those sanctions). But that is not enough, and it wouldn't be enough even if Trump had followed the law and imposed those sanctions.

We need to take action to protect the sanctity of our voting system. Russia hacked into the data bases of the voting systems of at least 25 states in 2016, and was able to access the voter rolls. Did they alter those rolls? We hope not, but they may well do that in 2020. It is not believed that they were able to change any state's vote totals, but could they also do that in 2020? They now know they can access those systems.

The Senate Republicans recently killed a bill that would have helped states to update their data security regarding voter rolls and voting. Why did they do that? Do they want a foreign power (who has been our enemy for decades) to interfere in our elections? Is that OK with them -- as long as that foreign power does it on behalf of the Republican Party? Are they so afraid of Trump's base of deplorable that they refuse to protect our democracy from foreign invaders?

I must admit that I don't understand their actions or their fair to act. I am a Democrat, but in the past I have always thought of the Republican Party as patriots who just disagreed with me on policies. That is no longer true. I now question their patriotism.

Russia attacked us. We must act to defend our democracy. We must stand together in that. How can any true American disagree?