Republicans Gear Up For Save America Fight After Trump Address

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In his primetime address on Thursday night, the president alleged that China acquired approximately 220 million voter-registration files containing names, addresses, voting histories, party affiliations, phone numbers, and other information.

“We have very important elections coming up,” Trump said. “We want those elections to be honest.”

Trump did not present evidence during the address that China changed votes or altered the outcome of the 2020 election, and a White House official told CBS News before the speech that the released materials were not expected to contain evidence that votes were switched or voting machines were hacked.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe issued one of the strongest statements supporting further examination of the intelligence.

“I have long publicly highlighted China’s nefarious efforts to influence the 2020 election against President Trump, as evidenced by my dissent to the flawed January 2021 Intelligence Community Assessment,” Ratcliffe said.