Sen. Schumer lays out Democrats’ strategy for advancing elections security legislation

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) tempered reports of a successful takedown of Russian cyber operations aimed at influencing U.S. elections in 2018 by admonishing Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for ignoring bills on elections security, while laying out the Democrats’ plan to pass legislation in advance of 2020.

“Last week Senator McConnell was asked why the Senate hasn't voted on election security legislation,” Schumer said in a press conference today. “He responded by telling reporters that they needed to...