Sen. Mark Warner: “Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?”

Great points by Sen. Mark Warner. Also, check out Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), who says: “This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office … This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020. We have to be prepared for all kinds of schemes and shenanigans.” Dangerous, insane shit.

“We all know the Trump administration’s strategy is throw as much shit on the wall and see what sticks. While the nation was still grieving ICE’s rogue actions in Minneapolis, yesterday the Trump administration, in a move that should scare the hell out of all of us, went to seize election materials from the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost, in Fulton County, Georgia. What does this mean for the fall? And what should particularly concern us is, guess who showed up at this FBI raid? Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Tulsi Gabbard has nothing to do with election security. Tulsi Gabbard has even been in charge of dismantling what was called the Foreign Malign Influence Center, to try to make sure foreign countries don’t interfere in our elections. This complete Trump loyalist somehow popping up on an FBI raid? What the heck was she doing? We’ve got to stand up and step up against ICE. We’ve also got to stand up, step up to protect our elections coming this year.”

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STATEMENT OF U.S. SEN. MARK R. WARNER

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on the FBI raid in Fulton County, Georgia:

 “There are only two explanations for why the Director of National Intelligence would show up at a federal raid tied to Donald Trump’s obsession with losing the 2020 election. Either Director Gabbard believes there was a legitimate foreign intelligence nexus – in which case she is in clear violation of her obligation under the law to keep the intelligence committees ‘fully and currently informed’ of relevant national security concerns – or she is once again demonstrating her utter lack of fitness for the office that she holds by injecting the nonpartisan intelligence community she is supposed to be leading into a domestic political stunt designed to legitimize conspiracy theories that undermine our democracy. Either is a serious breach of trust that further underscores why she is totally unqualified to hold a position that demands sound judgment, apolitical independence, and a singular focus on keeping Americans safe.”

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