Her. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney Zondag shows preview: US rolls out first doses of coronavirus vaccine; Congress closes stimulus deal Trump must accept as a holiday gift to the nation Trump downplays impact of hack, wonders if Russia MORE involved (R-Utah) on Sunday called for a response to a cyber attack on U.S. government systems, saying Russia should suffer the consequences of its alleged involvement.
During an interview with CNN’s State of the Union, the GOP senator echoed the concerns of other members of his party about the hack, which affected systems at Treasury and Commerce, among others.
“What Russia has done is created a capacity to potentially paralyze us in terms of our electricity, our power, our water, our communications,” the senator said.
“This is the same thing you can do in wartime, so it is extremely dangerous and an outrageous affront to our sovereignty and one that will have to be met with a strong response,” Romney continued, adding, “Not just rhetorically, how important that also is, but also with a cyber response of the same magnitude or greater. “
Asked about President Trump
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Mike Pompeo Nearly 200 Organizations Reportedly Hacked by Russia: Cybersecurity Firm Trump Downplays Impact of Hack, Wonders if Russia Involved Pompeo: Russia ‘Pretty Clearly’ Behind Mass Cyber Attack MORE and other US officials and suggesting the possible involvement of China, Romney replied that Trump had a known “blind spot” regarding Russia.
His comments are some of the strongest among Republican elected officials in response to the president’s handling of the cyber attack, the news of which was made public last week. The president has remained largely focused in recent days on his efforts to reverse the results of the 2020 election, while commenting on the hack a few times.
“The cyber hack is much greater in the fake news media than in reality. I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the main chant when something happens, because Lamestream, for mostly financial reasons, is petrified of discussing the possibility that it could be China (it could!), ” The president tweeted on Saturday, before he suggested an unfounded theory regarding Chinese burglary into American voting machines.