Pelosi Asks Paul Ryan to Keep Republicans from Using Hacked Dem Documents in Campaign

The massive hack of the DNC, House Democrats, and other Democratic organizations has obviously been very bad for the party, and their leader in the House is trying to keep Republican opponents from capitalizing on them.

According to The New York Times, Nancy Pelosi sent Paul Ryan an email today saying, “Democrats and Republicans must present a united front in the face of Russia’s attempts to tamper with the will of the American people.’

How would they do this? Well…

Russia’s cyber attack is an unprecedented assault on the sanctity of our democratic process. We must come together to say that defending our democracy from Russia’s meddling is more important than any advantage or disadvantage in this election.

It is my hope that you will join me in opposing the NRCC or the DCCC from using any documents from Russian criminal cyber attacks in this campaign.

The NRCC sent this statement to Business Insider in response:

The NRCC’s chairman, Greg Walden, nor the speaker have control over what our independent expenditure unit does, which the DCCC chairman, Ben Ray Lujan, as well as Leader Pelosi are well aware of.

Pelosi has been personally hurt by the DNC leaks. Hackers released phone numbers for all house Democrats, and Pelosi said she got “obscene and sick calls.”

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