Elections. Even after top u. S. Security Officials Say this our adversaries are trying to undermine our country on a persistent and regular basis. Our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. President trump says this. Now, were being hindered by the russian hoax. So hoax or threat, what does the Trump Administration want us to believe . My guests this morning, republican senator roy blunt of missouri. Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota and Nbc News National Security analyst clint watts. Also, the trump loyalty test. Hugging President Trump has become the republican goto strategy. Then mr. Trump said youre fired. I love that part. It works great in the primaries, but will candidates pay a price in november . Ill ask long time republican adman mike murphy. Joining me for insight and analysis are robert costa, moderator of Washington Week on pbs. Helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for the new york
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state election officials. local election officials that part of the system i feel good about. there s no question we still need some paper ballots. we have some states that don t have a backup paper ballot system. in the election bill i think it s langford and klobuchar together on this. where are you on this? i think we should have an audit trail. i think the ability to recreate does the federal government help fund that? the federal government should actually i think we need to be more specific in the future about how we encourage states to spend money. we did $380 million basically based on the 2001 standard. i was not actively part of that discussion as it came until it got before the full appropriations committee. i wish we had been more specific on that, but that s money states will hopefully use to make that transition. why did you vote against the election securities bill that was this here this week? what was your concern with it? there was no elections sec