UPDATE 4/2 – Here are some video highlights!
On “Face the Nation” yesterday, Sen. Mark Warner had a lot to say; see below for video and a few highlights.
- “Donald Trump’s America First is turning quickly into America alone. But the basis of going after the Houthis in a stronger, tougher way – I agree with.”
- “Signal is better, but the Chinese, the Russians are trying to go after Signal – they’ve made some successful efforts…Everyone is warned in the intelligence community, do not use Signal for classified information – it is bright, it is bold, it is cyber hygiene 101 in terms of how to stay safe.”
- “If the Israelis are this mad and the Five Eye partners, our key allies, are upset [over the Signal fiasco], will they continue to share information with us if it’s treated\ this sloppily?...This administration does not treat classified information the appropriate way…I’ve asked the FBI director whether he’s launching an investigation; I’ve heard nothing back from him.“
- “I was talking yesterday [in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area] with friends and family of members who were on the [aircraft carrier] Truman; their anger level was so high, because if that information had gotten out and the Houthis had been able to redirect their defensive tools, very likely we would have had American life lost.”
- “Greenland has got a lot of rare earth minerals and has enormous value just as
many other places around the world do. So legitimate interest and stronger ties
with Greenland? Absolutely. The idea that we are going to threaten a military
invasion against a population that at least everything I’ve read overwhelmingly the people in Greenland don’t want to become part of America, going against Denmark who is a NATO member who rules Greenland. Currently, this whole approach that Trump has of treating our allies, I mean we turned Canada into an enemy…and suddenly wanting to buddy up with Putin in Russia or with Xi in China. Think about it, America two weeks ago, three weeks ago voted with Russia, North Korea, I think it was Belarus, you know against everyone else who was a democracy, because we wouldn’t acknowledge that Putin started the war in Ukraine. This is a crazy foreign policy. And America is stronger when we have allies, America alone is weaker.”
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P.S. Speaking of Sen. Warner’s trip to VA Beach/Norfolk on Saturday, check this out.
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