CNN's Chris Cuomo frets that the U.S. is nowhere near ready to face Russian election meddling in 2020

Chris Cuomo.
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been very clear about the Russian government interfering in the 2016 presidential election, CNN's Chris Cuomo said on Wednesday, but not enough people are listening.

In his report, Mueller said Russia meddled in a "sweeping and systematic fashion," and on Wednesday, he reiterated that "there were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election, and that allegation deserves the attention of every American." That's getting lost in all the impeachment talk, Cuomo said, and while most people are ignoring the threat, hacking capabilities are improving, social media propaganda is getting more sophisticated, and election infrastructure is still vulnerable.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.