Lankford: ‘Clear’ Russia Planned To Be Involved in the U.S. Election for a Long Time

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LANKFORD: "I think everyone is going to realize for what it really is. We've got another election coming up two years from now. The president wants to make sure that Russia stays out it four years from now as well. This is what Europe has dealt with for a very long time. We've not paid attention to it and said it's over there, and for whatever reason Russia decided to engage with us and they decided years before this election that they were going to ramp up and try to engage in this. The way that they actually prepared for it and the things that they laid how the in the process, it was clear they had planned to be involved in this election for a while. So the key thing for us is how do we fight that off next time to make sure that the American people have all the facts that they need for a future election that they were able to confront a Russia and to be able to make sure they understand why our cyber doctrine is and when they cross the line to engage in our elections it's over the line."