Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Wednesday that the public should be concerned about election security amid renewed fears over foreign efforts to meddle in the 2018 midterms.
“Based on what happened in 2016 and based on what we’re hearing about 2018, they should be very concerned,” the former Democratic presidential candidate told Hill.TV in an interview.
On Wednesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee heard from social media experts about efforts from Russia and other countries to meddle in the 2018 elections.
“We have got to do everything that we can, not only to protect the sanctity of our process, but to tell the Russians that we will not accept their meddling in our elections,” Sanders said.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who is running for reelection this year, said President Trump must tell Russian President Vladimir Putin that election meddling will not go unpunished.
“We need a president of the United States who will look Putin in the eye and say ‘if there is one more attack on our election system from the Russians – from any Russians – we step up sanctions on your banks, on your oil industry, and do all we can to cripple your economy,” Brown said in an interview with Hill.TV.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) also said that voters should be concerned about potential election meddling.
“We need to remain vigilant, we’ve heard from our intelligence community that the red lights are blinking and we should not allow any Russian interference in U.S. elections,” Daines said.
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