Senate Rejects New Money For Election Security (apnews.com)

The Republican-controlled Senate has defeated a push by Democrats to set aside an additional $250 million for states to upgrade their voting systems to protect against hacking and other cyberattacks. From a report: An amendment offered by Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy received 50 yes votes, 10 short of the 60 needed for approval. Leahy said securing U.S. elections and "safeguarding our democracy" is not a partisan issue. He said the Senate "must send a clear message to Russia and other foreign adversaries that tampering in our elections will not be tolerated. The president will not act. This duty has fallen to us." A similar effort was also rejected in the House.

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Do they really believe what they are saying

[Anonymous Coward]

Do mainstream Democrats actually believe that the election was somehow stolen from them by the Russians either buying some ads on Facebook or hacking into voting machines? Genuinely curious as there is so much shit flying in this storm that the true features of the landscape are obscured. If so then wow, cognitive dissonance is a real bitch.