{"id":1972225,"date":"2023-07-13T16:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T20:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-secretaries-of-state-say-blinken-should-resign-for-2020-election-interference\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T16:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T20:43:56","slug":"republican-secretaries-of-state-say-blinken-should-resign-for-2020-election-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-secretaries-of-state-say-blinken-should-resign-for-2020-election-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Secretaries of State demand Blinken&#8217;s resignation over 2020 election meddling."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-secretaries-of-state-say-blinken-should-resign-for-2020-election-interference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1972225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Republican Secretaries of State Call for Blinken&#8217;s Resignation Over Election Interference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Half a dozen Republican secretaries of state sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday expressing concern about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-secretaries-of-state-say-blinken-should-resign-for-2020-election-interference\/\" title=\"GOP Secretaries of State demand Blinken's resignation over 2020 election meddling.\">federal intel officials\u2019 alleged efforts<\/a> to interfere in the 2020 election to help Joe Biden. The secretaries specifically called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to resign if found guilty of leading the purported effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the chief election officers of our respective states responsible for running free and fair elections, we have great concern in the findings in the Report of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary that former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-eric-swalwell-blasts-pathetic-dad-who-said-lets-go-brandon-to-biden\/\" title=\"Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell Blasts 'Pathetic Dad' Who Said 'Let's Go, Brandon' to Biden\">federal intelligence officials<\/a> and the Biden Campaign coordinated efforts to intentionally influence the 2020 presidential election by spreading disinformation,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.wyo.gov\/Media\/2023\/Letter-from-Secretaries-of-State_7-12-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>The document\u2019s signatories include the secretaries of state of Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Missouri, West Virginia, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>Released earlier this year, the House Judiciary report referenced by the secretaries included <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/21\/ex-cia-official-blinken-prompted-infamous-intel-statement-calling-hunter-biden-laptop-russian-disinfo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testimony<\/a> from Michael Morell, a former deputy director of the CIA who signed onto the debunked letter from 51 former intelligence officials that falsely claimed the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation. In his testimony, Morell claimed \u201con or around October 17, 2020,\u201d Blinken \u2014 who, at the time, served as a Biden campaign adviser \u2014 \u201creached out to him to discuss the Hunter Biden laptop story,\u201d which had been published in the New York Post on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n<p>According to Morell, Blinken\u2019s outreach \u201cset in motion the events that led to the issuance of the public statement,\u201d baselessly asserting the laptop was part of a Russian disinformation campaign. The former CIA official further claimed he had no intention of writing the letter until after he spoke with Blinken, confirming the call \u201cabsolutely\u201d pushed him to write it.<\/p>\n<p>In their letter to Congress, the six GOP secretaries of state further expressed their \u201cparticular[] concern\u201d over Blinken\u2019s actions, writing that if the Judiciary Committee confirms his role \u201cas stated in the report, we call on Secretary Blinken to resign immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morell later asserted the two intentions behind releasing the letter were to share their alleged \u201cconcern[s] with the American people that the Russians were playing on this issue\u201d and to \u201chelp Vice President Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n[<strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/09\/cia-solicited-signatures-for-hunter-biden-laptop-letter-congressional-testimony-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CIA Solicited Signatures For Hunter Biden Laptop Letter, Congressional Testimony Shows<\/a><\/strong>]\n<p>\u201cThose former intelligence officials and the presidential campaign actors contributed to the undermining of the American people\u2019s confidence in elections,\u201d the secretaries wrote. \u201cCongress should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-and-kirsten-gillibrand-are-teaming-up-to-improve-the-militarys-response-to-sexual-assault\/\" title=\"Josh Hawley And Kirsten Gillibrand Are Teaming Up To Improve The Military\u2019s Response to Sexual Assault\">hold perpetrators accountable<\/a> and consider all available corrective measures to provide transparency to the public of any improper actions set forth in the Report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress must act to prevent and deter such interference in the future,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half a dozen GOP secretaries of state penned a letter to Congress, voicing worry over alleged interference by federal intel officials in the 2020 election to aid Joe Biden. 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