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Elissa Slotkin: “Trump has really gone after this organization [CISA]. He's…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 05:36

At the Department of Homeland Security, there is a group called CISA that is responsible for cybersecurity issues, for infrastructure, for things like water and electricity. Trump has really gone after this organization [CISA]. He's cut 30% of the people who used to work at CISA. and do this cyber defense. But CISA did its job, and it realized that there was this ongoing attack, potentially from Iran. And they put out a bulletin, a nationwide bulletin, and they said, hey, we. (05:36–05:43)

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