I was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee when we investigated Russia's interference in the 2016 election. We declassified our findings, we made them public. It included the fact that this adversarial nation included in what they targeted. They targeted black voters with the assumption that there are certain people and demographically certain groups who are more susceptible to an argument about why they should distrust their government. because they have a lived experience that tells them that. And so I would say flippantly, oh, so now all of a sudden the issue of race in America is a national security issue, so everybody needs to deal with it. (59:22–59:36)
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Asserts that Russian interference targeted Black voters, assuming they were more susceptible to distrust in government.
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