Robert Gehl asks, so just how political was Barack Obama’s response to Russia’s attempt to mess with the November election? After it was concluded that Russia attempted to interfere in the United States election, spreading “fake news” about Hillary Clinton, leaking scandalous emails and allegations about the Democratic candidate, Barack Obama’s response was to increase sanctions and toss 35 Russian diplomats from the country.
Remember: Russia didn’t “hack” the election, as leftists claim. There was zero evidence that they managed to change a single vote. Whether or not their attempted campaign was successful may never be know.
It’s a big deal, but so was the 2015 Chinese hack of the Office of Personnel Management. Directed by the Chinese government, the data breach resulted in the stolen personnel records of more than 21 million Americans.
So what was Obama’s reaction to that?
Nothing.
To wit, The Daily Wire draws our attention to an exchange between ABC’s Jonathan Karl and White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest:
KARL: “So when the Chinese hacked OPM in 2015, 21+ million current and former government employees and contractors had their personal records stolen by the Chinese. Why did the White House do nothing publicly in reaction to that hack? Which in some ways, was even more widespread than what we saw here from the Russians?”
EARNEST: “I think that what we’ve seen is that these are two cyber incidents that are malicious in nature, but materially different...”
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