Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) on Tuesday’s broadcast of “New Day” on CNN weighed in on the Senate report that found that Russians interfered with the 2016 election on social media, as well as targeted FBI special counsel Robert Mueller with the same platforms.
Cardin charged the President Donald Trump administration with not taking “adequate steps” to protect Americans on social media from the Russians.
“What Russia is doing is interference in our system and the tragedy is that this administration is not taking steps to protect us,” Cardin told host Alisyn Camerota. “We know that Russia is going to be active. They feel more comfortable in supporting the Trump policies and the Trump institutions, and we need to protect ourselves from foreign interference. And this administration was very late to even acknowledging that Russia was involved. We need to take steps to protect ourselves.”
“We have not taken adequate steps here in the United States to require social media platforms to know who they’re dealing with and to make sure the public is aware where this information is coming from,” he added.
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