His. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney Sunday shows preview: US launches first doses of coronavirus vaccine; Congress closes stimulus deal Trump should grant as holiday gift to nation Trump minimizes pirate impact, questions whether Russia participates MORE (R-Utah) called for a response to a cyberattack on U.S. government systems on Sunday and said Russia should suffer consequences for its alleged involvement.
During an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union”, the Republican senator echoed concerns raised by other members of his party about piracy, which affected the systems of the Treasury and Commerce department, among others. others.
“What Russia has done is establish a capacity to potentially paralyze us in terms of electricity, energy, water and communications,” the senator said.
“This is the same thing you can do in a war environment, so it’s extraordinarily dangerous and a scandalous affront to our sovereignty and it will have to have a strong response,” Romney continued, adding, “Not just rhetoric, as important as it is, but also with a cyber response of similar or greater magnitude. “
Asked about President Trump
Donald Trump Senators reach agreement on Fed powers, paving the way for the passage of coronavirus relief Nearly 200 organizations allegedly hacked by Russia: cybersecurity firm Trump appointed Sidney Powell as special attorney for election fraud investigation: reports MOREthe tweets that contradict the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Mike Pompeo: Nearly 200 Organizations Allegedly Hacked by Russia: Cybersecurity Company Trump Minimizes Impact of Hacking, Questions Whether Russia Involved Pompeo: Russia “Quite Clearly” Behind Mass Mass Cyber Attack and other U.S. officials and suggesting the possible involvement of China, Romney responded that Trump had a well-known “blind spot” related to Russia.
His statements are some of the strongest among Republican elected officials in response to the management made by the president of the cyberattack, which had news last week. The president has remained largely focused on his attempts to undo the results of the 2020 election in recent days, while commenting on piracy a handful of times.
“Cyber Hack is much bigger in fake media than today. I have been fully informed and everything is well controlled. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority song when anything happens because Lamestream is, for financial reasons above all, petrified of discussing the possibility that it could be China (maybe it is!) “, The president tweeted on Saturday, before to suggest an unfounded theory involving Chinese meddling in U.S. voting machines.