NO, I WOULDN’T BE FOR BAILOUTS.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION.
JOHN: ABC NEWS IS REPORTING THAT
RUSSIA, CHINA, AND IRAN ARE
TRYING TO INFLUENCE THIS YEAR’S
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO A DRAFT
INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN OBTAINED.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT
FOREIGN INTERFERENCE AND BECAUSE
IT HAS TO DO WITH AN ELECTION
ABOUT THE POLITICIZATION OF THIS
KIND OF INTELLIGENCE?
MS. BLANKENBEKER?
MS. BLANKENBEKER: WELL, WE KNOW
THAT THOSE ARE OUR BAD ACTORS
FROM A FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
FOREIGN RELATIONS PERSPECTIVE.
WHEN I WAS AT THE PENTAGON AND
STUDYING AND PREPARING THE
DEFENSE STRATEGY, THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE STRATEGY, THEY ACTUALLY,
THEY WERE KEY PLAYERS.
WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A VESTED
INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT
THEY CAN UNDERMINE THIS COUNTRY
ANYWAY THEY CAN.
THEY ABSOLUTELY WOULD WANT TO
NOT SEE DONALD J. TRUMP BE OUR
PRESIDENT.
HE IS A SKILLED NEGOTIATOR, HE
TAKES NO PRISONERS, AND HE
DEFINITELY IS A FORCE TO BE
RECKONED WITH WITH THESE FOREIGN
BAD ACTORS.
SO, I ABSOLUTELY COULD SEE THAT
THEY WOULD BE WANTING TO GET
INVOLVED AND ENSURE THAT
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP IS NOT
OUR PRESIDENT AGAIN.
JOHN: THANK YOU.
MR. NEGRON?
MR. NEGRON: HAVING SAT ON THE
ELECTION LAW COMMITTEE WHEN I
WAS AT THE STATEHOUSE, THIS WAS
ALWAYS A TOPIC OF CONCERN.
NOBODY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TRY
TO RIG OR INFILTRATE OR SWAY OUR
ELECTIONS.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT HERE IN THE
GREAT STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE
FILL IN A BUBBLE AND IT GETS
THROUGH AN OPTICAL READER.
THE THING THAT SCARES ME
SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE THESE
ONLINE VOTING PROCEDURES AND
MACHINES, WHICH THE DEMS WANT TO
BE ABLE TO DO -- I THINK THAT
BECOMES A BIGGER THREAT AND
RISK.
PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THIS, BUT
6% OF THE VOTING MACHINES OUT
THERE ARE CONTROLLED BY TWO
INDIVIDUALS.
GEORGE SOROS AND ANOTHER GUY
FROM UTAH -- IT IS MITT ROMNEY.
THOSE THINGS DO SCARE ME.
HERE IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
THAT WE AS INDIVIDUALS, AS
AMERICAN VOTERS, THAT WE MAKE
THE DECISION ON OUR OWN.
THAT WE DO OUR OWN EDUCATION AND
MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS ON
INFORMATION WE HAVE.
IF ANYBODY’S OUT THERE TRYING TO
INFLUENCE OUR SYSTEM, THEY
SHOULD BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL
EXTENT OF THE LAW.
JOHN: MS. BLANKENBEKER DO YOU
WORRY ABOUT THIS INFORMATION
BEING POLITICIZED IN THIS
ELECTION SEASON?
MS. BLANKENBEKER: WELL,
EVERYTHING IS POLITICIZED.
COVID IS POLITICIZED DURING THIS
ELECTION SEASON.
SO, YES, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE HEAD ON AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T HAVE ANY
FOREIGN INFLUENCE INTO OUR
ELECTIONS AND THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE GET TO DULY ELECT THE
PRESIDENT IN THIS COUNTRY AND
NOT LETTING FOREIGN ACTORS HAVE
AN INFLUENCE.
ADAM: MR. NEGRON?
WORRIED ABOUT THE
POLITICIZATION?
MS. BLANKENBEKER: I AM --MR.
NEGRON: I AM.
YOU SEE PEOPLE START FAKE
FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS AND START
SWAYING PEOPLE, THAT IS
BOTHERSOME TO ME.
I THINK FACEBOOK HAS SOME
ACCOUNTABILITY TO DO THOSE KIND
OF THINGS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY
