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>> i mean, look, there are a lot of reasons why this lie is going about. right? massive ego is one. sewing discontent and misinformation is another. its also about 2024. right? look, donald trump wants to run in 2024. there are a lot of people who support him within the republican party. and i think this chart gives you a good idea of why they keep pushing this big lie. look at this. believe the gop has the best chance of winning in 2024 where trump is the nominee. if you think biden won the 202...

Operate in, you know, we know there are other state players playing in these elections. its unprecedented. its going on every single day. you continue to see russia engaged in some of the social media disinformation. in some of the big fights that are happening. including the gun debate happening. theres been really credible reports that some of the russian bots are sewing discontent. thats happening every single day. >> jim messina, michael steele, thanks. we go to the white house where the pre...

>> is putin a friend or a foe of the united states? >> thats something that russia has to make that determination. theyre going to have to decide whether or not they want to be a good actor or bad actor. i think you can see from the actions that we have taken up until this point, were going to be tough on russia until they decide to change their behavior. >> do you think she should have responded to that differently, congressman? >> i think, russia, putin -- russia under the leadership of vladim...

>> they are vehicles for this. >> and they are vehicles and they have tools that were designed for legitimate advertisers that in the hands of bad actor could be used to manipulate what americans think. >> so you have put out a few points that you think facebook for instance doesnt fix some of the stuff. we know that it affected voter turnout in 2016 and you feel that that is the same thing that will happen. and not hacking into voter systems, but sewing discontent in the home. >> and it is dist...

Their intelligence services are sitting back looking at russia having successfully picked at the weak seems of our former government, and rest assured with mid-term elections coming up, we may well see this again and it may not just be russia. it may be other services as well. >> one of the other things that is of concern is this really isnt about donald trump and whether he wins the election. this is about sewing discontent and discord in the united states. so when donald trump insults the inst...