Michael Davidson for Hillary for America(NEW YORK) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine attacked Donald Trump as a danger to national security for his seeming to encourage Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails, and sought to compare the Republican nominee’s remarks to the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
“A president was impeached and had to resign over an attack on the DNC during the presidential election in 1972. This is serious business,” Kaine said on ABC’s This Week, referring to a hack this summer of the Democratic National Committee’s computer systems, which federal security officials believe may have been done by individuals linked to Russian intelligence services.
Trump “has openly encouraged Russia to engage in cyberhacking to try to find more emails or materials, and we know that this cyberattack on the DNC was likely done by Russia,” Kaine told ABC’s Martha Raddatz.
He was referring to Trump’s comment at a news conference in July about missing emails of Clinton’s: “I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.”
The Democratic vice presidential hopeful called this “an attack that is being encouraged by Donald Trump on the DNC by Russia, similar to what led to the resignation of a president 30 years ago” he said.
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