Ratcliffe Issues High-Drama, Low-Clarity Warning On Iran, Russia Election Operations

Rachel Maddow reports on a last minute press announcement by DNI John Ratcliffe, attended by other security officials, in which he cautioned, without specificity, that Iran and Russia are using voter information to undermine confidence in the 2020 election. Aired on 10/21/2020.
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Ratcliffe Issues High-Drama, Low-Clarity Warning On Iran, Russia Election Operations

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    1. @Kristopher AAnensen Ok, now you are just trying to be funny…and its not working. I already tried that joke and it fell flat.
      😋

    1. @206- Sea You and your demon rat communist buddies are: a “complete package”; ignorant, bigoted, fascist, racist, sanctimonious, hypocritical, criminal, subversive. In a nutshell, everything they accuse conservatives of being. All brought to you by the Demonrat communist party.

    2. @picknngrinnin okay then, fellow human. Define communism. And then define liberalism. And then tell me how they are the same.

    1. You can run but you cannot hide. Space age technology allows software, A.I. cyber-cops to monitor almost everything. Couple that with projects like Space One and others. Your voting information has, is, and will be available to many wise (wo)/men, is it a form of public record? If traffic cameras and a grocery store cameras are being surveilled by local law enforcement is that a public record?
      Your voting data, just like your shopping data are being saved someplace, it has to be. Who can access those files? Not a conspiracy theory, this is a co-con-conspirator fact! (don’t believe the hype/implications about Russia and Iran) Don’t let fear guide your actions, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE because it counts. You have leverage. If you’re not involved in this voting tidal wave, even your memories will be washed away.

    1. According to the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, (who was nominated by Donald Trump) Iran is attempting to intimidate Democratic voters to vote for Trump in order to somehow hurt Donald Trump.
      “We have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump,” claimed Ratcliffe.
      The emails to which Ratcliffe was referring had the subject line, “Vote for Trump or else!”

    1. @Billithekat again ..you all must be very young & if not your all just dumbfounded . My 16 & 12 year old look at memes .. call ppl internet nicknames ok 👍 trump 2020 🤪

    2. @Eileen Schoreck Whether the moronic Trump wins or loses won’t affect me in the slightest, unless his idiocy causes a global war.

    3. @Eileen Schoreck LOL! I’m retired! That’s what I like best about you Trump supporters, you make baseless assumptions.

    1. UtubeProfit okay, there’s what, 20M. How about the rest? I’ve avoided her label specifically bc the name. Lol.

    2. @CK K you know what I think? i think poor kids might be brighter and more talented than Joes son Hunter….I could be wrong but poor kids learn how to hide incriminating evidence at a young age, and if Hunter did that then Joey would still be getting away with extorting billions from foreign relations by selling USA out, thats what i think..

    3. @UtubeProfit Nope. Back in July 2018, Ivanka Trump announced she was closing down her fashion brand. A number of major retailers including Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus famously stopped carrying Ivanka’s line shortly after Trump became president. Nobody could buy her Chinese sweatshop crap even if they wanted to.

  1. He is saying foreign powers want to cause “confusion, chaos and undermine your confidence” ..

    And a great way to help these foreign powers is being as vague as possible about it.. Well done heatcliff!

  2. They’re going to use this to de-legitimize the election results, and they’ll use other tactics as well. Be prepared!

    1. @picknngrinnin You’re flailing. It hurts, doesn’t it? You are so scared. you know your fantasy and your way of life is about to end, and you don’t know what to do.

    2. Yup that’s what they are doing. Trump can say when he loses that the election was rigged and he wants another do over. Doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. Trump supporters will never be able to figure it out because they’re so dense.

    3. @Greg Steele Buddy, quintessential question. Will democrats accept the results of the election even though voter suppression is rampant? Yes, we will. Will republicans accept the election results because of overblown lies such as election fraud? No, they won’t. That’s the difference between good and evil.

    1. It is going on. Trump’s very desperate and is trying everything he can.. THIS IS BS RATCLIFFE IS THE MAIN PROBLEM DOING DIRTY DEADS FOR TRUMP.

    2. You can run but you cannot hide. Space age technology allows software, A.I. cyber-cops to monitor almost everything. Couple that with projects like Space One and others. Your voting information has, is, and will be available to many wise (wo)/men, is it a form of public record? If traffic cameras and a grocery store cameras are being surveilled by local law enforcement is that a public record?
      Your voting data, just like your shopping data are being saved someplace, it has to be. Who can access those files? Not a conspiracy theory, this is a co-con-conspirator fact! (don’t believe the hype/implications about Russia and Iran) Don’t let fear guide your actions, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE because it counts. You have leverage. If you’re not involved in this voting tidal wave, even your memories will be washed away.

    3. @Richard MacLean didn’t know any Republicans melting down when suffering through Nobama for 8 missarable, or hear any say they would move to a different country. But the pitifully public melt downs, promises to move and endless childish behavior comes from the DEMOCRATS.

    1. @Bonaoa Aoaiia It’s just another trump desperate scheme and Wray spoke BUT he never said one word about what Ratcliffe had said and the other 2 never said a word. That says everything on how Ratcliffe is in trumps pocket.

    2. You can run but you cannot hide. Space age technology allows software, A.I. cyber-cops to monitor almost everything. Couple that with projects like Space One and others. Your voting information has, is, and will be available to many wise (wo)/men, is it a form of public record? If traffic cameras and a grocery store cameras are being surveilled by local law enforcement is that a public record?
      Your voting data, just like your shopping data are being saved someplace, it has to be. Who can access those files? Not a conspiracy theory, this is a co-con-conspirator fact! (don’t believe the hype/implications about Russia and Iran) Don’t let fear guide your actions, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE because it counts. You have leverage. If you’re not involved in this voting tidal wave, even your memories will be washed away.

    3. @patricia lafountain “Trump crook”…. explain Biden going from $490k in 2016, to $16.7 million in 2017…. Trump’s net worth actually went down, by millions…. And he has yet to keep a paycheck as President…. Please give me some facts behind your claim, I would be interested in seeing the proof.

    1. You can run but you cannot hide. Space age technology allows software, A.I. cyber-cops to monitor almost everything. Couple that with projects like Space One and others. Your voting information has, is, and will be available to many wise (wo)/men, is it a form of public record? If traffic cameras and a grocery store cameras are being surveilled by local law enforcement is that a public record?
      Your voting data, just like your shopping data are being saved someplace, it has to be. Who can access those files? Not a conspiracy theory, this is a co-con-conspirator fact! (don’t believe the hype/implications about Russia and Iran) Don’t let fear guide your actions, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE because it counts. You have leverage. If you’re not involved in this voting tidal wave, even your memories will be washed away.

    2. That “Chinese account” sure diverted YOU away from Hunter’s Laptop…. explain away the laptop, please…. otherwise you are inadvertently working with the ccp….

    3. @スカイハイ ignorant aren’t you…. can’t use facts, because you have none, so you make up bigoted statements…. it shows YOUR intellect.

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