McCain Rips Obama’s Response to Russian Hacking

Published December 18, 2016 4:55pm ET



Arizona senator John McCain criticized President Obama’s response to Russian attempts to influence the presidential election and doubled down on calls for a congressional select committee to investigate the Kremlin’s involvement.

“So far we’ve been totally paralyzed. I’m sure that when Vladimir Putin was told ‘Cut it out,’ I’m sure that Vladimir Putin immediately stopped all cyber activity,” McCain said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.

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