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By acquitting President Donald Trump, Republicans have made foreign interference in our elections all but inevitable.

that Russia has already hacked the emails of the gas company at the center of the Ukraine scandal.

This is likely only the tip of the iceberg. It took years of investigations to uncover the scale and sophistication of Russia's attack on our elections in 2016. And it will be long after the 2020 election is decided before we know the full impacts and ramifications of foreign interference in this election.

The day after that warning, Trump was on the phone with the president of Ukraine, once again seeking foreign interference in our elections. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate floor during a recess in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on February 3 in Washington, D.C.Republicans in Congress had a chance to live up to that responsibility, a responsibility to protect our democracy and hold Trump accountable for repeatedly seeking foreign interference in our elections.

Trump will be emboldened by this acquittal. And so will our adversaries, who will stop at nothing to undermine our elections.

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