Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of nationwide intelligence, instructed CBS Information’ “Face the Nation” Sunday that President Trump’s message that the electoral system cannot be trusted “is strictly what the Russians significantly hope to realize.”
Why it issues: Trump’s critics have repeatedly mentioned the president is undermining the elections by sowing mistrust into People. He has beforehand claimed, with no proof, that voting by mail results in widespread voter fraud.
What she’s saying: “That message that you simply cannot belief our system, which you can’t belief the vote, which you can’t belief the opposite social gathering, that you simply cannot belief is strictly what the Russians significantly hope to obtain. And their goal can be to sow divisions and to get People to say, what it isn’t price it, I am unable to belief it, so we’re not going to vote.”
- “However [Trump] is just not the one one. When the opposite social gathering says {that a} distinction in coverage means he’s malfeasant or evil or being managed that too is undermining. So his is the most important voice, however there are others.”
