{"id":8413,"date":"2026-07-17T07:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8413"},"modified":"2026-07-17T07:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:45:18","slug":"mark-warner-slams-trumps-election-claim-completely-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8413","title":{"rendered":"Mark Warner Slams Trump&#8217;s Election Claim: &#8216;Completely False&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>Immediately after President <strong>Donald<\/strong> <strong>Trump\u2019s<\/strong> Thursday address to the nation, Sen. <strong>Mark<\/strong> <strong>Warner<\/strong> (D-VA) undercut his claim about Chinese election fraud, deeming it \u201cso completely false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s speech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-goes-on-absolutely-bonkers-rant-about-burn-bags-demands-criminal-probe\/\">focused<\/a> on what he called \u201cthe largest compromise of election data in history,\u201d in which China allegedly acquired \u201c220 million U.S. voter files,\u201d including \u201cnames, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with MS NOW\u2019s <strong>Jen<\/strong> <strong>Psaki<\/strong>, Warner pointed out on Thursday that Trump\u2019s own appointees, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ratcliffe-cia-e5fe61f5e79206357085932f1252a852\">mainly<\/a> CIA Director <strong>John<\/strong> <strong>Ratcliffe<\/strong>, \u201cwere in charge of the intelligence community\u201d in 2020, adding, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t they find any of this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>And then just the plain ignorance and factual misrepresentations when he says, \u201cOh my gosh, countries get access to our voter files!\u201d You know what? You can buy these voter files. There\u2019s no need to hack. I buy the Virginia voter files on a regular basis. If you are gonna be a statewide candidate, they are open to any entity. And the fact that you accumulate all these voter files, which in many states, if you pay the price of the public information, that somehow leads to manipulation is so completely false.<\/p>\n<p>I just implore my Republican friends, if they\u2019ve got any sense of dignity about our system, speak up and tell the truth. Because when you make these kind of accusations about China, and he ignores, conveniently, Russia, you know, China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, every election cycle, try to influence our elections. They put out false information. They promote stories. Russia did it on behalf of Trump in 2020. Iran did it against Trump. North Korea just wanted to screw with the whole system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In Thursday\u2019s address, Trump additionally promised that documents proving his case and \u201cgathered by the White House Government Transparency Task Force\u201d would be released online \u201cstarting tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the clip above via MS NOW.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immediately after President Donald Trump\u2019s Thursday address to the nation, Sen. 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