well, there s some things they can do, brian. but, no, you need to have it come from the top down. the commander in chief has to orchestrate a coherent policy both in terms of deterring and responding to the russians and also crucially, brian, you know, the cia, the director of national intelligence, they re not going to be the ones that are encouraging states at the state and local level to strengthen their election systems, to make sure they have paper ballot back ups for the electronic voting machines. a lot of states want more money from congress. there s legislation in congress, but it s moving very slowly. the president is putting no political capital into making that happen. and so it has to come from the top down. and brian, i look at today and i think about, you know, this is like a contemporary equivalent of paul revere s ride. but imagine if the governor of massachusetts came out and told people go back to sleep, the british aren t coming, turn out your lights and go bac
commander in chief? well, there s some things they can do, brian. but, no, you need to have it come from the top down. the commander in chief has to orchestrate a coherent policy both in terms of deterring and responding to the russians and also crucially, brian, you know, the cia, the director of national intelligence, they re not going to be the ones that are encouraging states at the state and local level to strengthen their election systems, to make sure they have paper ballot back ups for the electronic voting machines. a lot of states want more money from congress. there s legislation in congress, but it s moving very slowly. the president is putting no political capital into making that happen. and so it has to come from the top down. and brian, i look at today and i think about, you know, this is like a contemporary equivalent of paul revere s ride. but imagine if the governor of