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WASHINGTON – Following President Trump’s speech on Thursday where he peddled lies about the 2020 election and attempted to sow doubt in the 2026 and 2028 elections, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to debunk the President’s lies about election security. Durbin also called out Republicans’ SAVE America Act, legislation which would make it more difficult for millions of Americans to vote.
“In a 25-minute rant, the President alleged sweeping foreign interference in voting and railed against the so-called ‘Deep State.’ He was actually railing against his own Administration. You see the 2020 election was during his first term… [Trump’s election denialism] claims would be laughable if they weren’t so dangerous,” Durbin said.
“First, the President was famous for not reading and requesting shorter and shorter versions of a brief provided by our intelligence community each day. He alleges the ‘Deep State’ misrepresented what actually happened to hide the information from him. Second, his then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, whom President Trump now has leading the Central Intelligence Agency, made public remarks addressing all the concerns in 2020. It’s hard to hide information you publicly discuss in press conferences,” Durbin continued.
During his speech, Durbin also noted that President Trump claimed that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had...
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