Nelson Lied About Russian Election hacking

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The below is the result of a fact checking about Senator Nelson's Russia hacking claims. The Washington post, a leftist newspaper afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome, says Bill nelson, (D) FL, made it all up. My own opinion is Nelson was too befuddled to understand the briefing he got on Russian attempts at election interference.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... act&wpmm=1

Has Russia hacked into Florida’s election system? There is no evidence.

By Salvador Rizzo Washington Post Fact Checking August 17 at 3:00 AM

....Summary: The Pinocchio Test

Nelson and Rubio warned Florida election officials to be on high alert for Russian cyber-intrusions. We take no issue with their July 2 letter.

Nelson, however, went on to make a specific and alarming claim several times: that Russia currently has access to Florida’s election systems and could purge voters from the rolls. Not a single speck of evidence backs him up, and we have serious doubts whether the classified information he cited even exists.

In his letter to Burr, Florida’s top election official said the state asked DHS and the FBI whether Russia had access to Florida’s election systems and was told “they have no information that corroborates Senator Nelson’s statement.” Burr replied that “any briefings or notifications about ongoing threats would, rightfully, come from those agencies,” meaning DHS and the FBI. Reading between the lines, Burr seems to be contradicting Nelson’s claim.

He wouldn’t be the only one. DHS contradicted Nelson’s claim. Wray’s comments from Aug. 2 contradict Nelson’s claim. Local election officials in Florida contradict Nelson’s claim. Neither Rubio nor Warner confirmed what he said.

Making matters worse, Nelson misquoted his own letter from July 2 several times (it made no mention of an ongoing breach) and inaccurately said Burr, Rubio and Warner reaffirmed his assertion that Russia has access to Florida voters' records.

Without minimizing the threat of Russian interference in this year’s elections, we give Nelson’s claim Four Pinocchios.

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We need to go back to Butterfly Ballots. If I remember correctly, it was the Democrats too stupid to figure those out.