Pelosi, Schiff Call US Intel Warning of Russia, Iran Election Interference ‘Disturbing’

Top Democratic lawmakers are speaking out after intelligence officials accused 🇷🇺Russia and 🇮🇷Iran of attempting to interfere in the 🗳️2020 Presidential Election.

“We learned about disturbing threats from foreign adversaries aiming to influence the upcoming elections using voter registration data, in an effort to sow chaos and undermine voters’ trust in our elections and democratic institutions,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote in a joint statement.

Noting the “bedrock of our democracy” in the U.S. is the right to vote and having that vote count, the two Democratic lawmakers declared, “We cannot allow voter intimidation or interference efforts, either foreign or domestic, to silence voters’ voices and take away that right.”

While calling the next two weeks “critical” — as there are only 12 days left until Election Day — Pelosi and Schiff said they are expecting to be briefed by officials on the reports of election interference and what the administration is doing in response on Thursday.

The two Congress members wrote:

“In the face of these ongoing attempts to undermine Americans’ confidence in our elections, it is more essential than ever that voters exercise their sacred constitutional right to vote and to participate in our democracy.”