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Brazile Refuses to Say If She is Disappointed in Obama

December 18, 2016

Interim chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Donna Brazile refused to tell ABC's Martha Raddatz on Sunday if she was disappointed in President Barack Obama for his response to the Russians "continuing" hacking the Democratic Party.

"They came after us daily," she said. "Hourly."

Raddatz asked if she thought that Obama knew these were continuing hacks.

Brazile then expressed disappointment.

"When I saw the president I was a little disappointed that, you know, we were under constant attack," she said. "We never felt comfortable. We didn't know what was coming next."

Raddatz then asked point blank if she was disappointed in the president.

"So, are you disappointed in the president's response?" she asked.

Brazile dodged the question.

"I'm disappointed that we went through this process. the country went through this process–" she said.

Raddatz jumped in to ask her again.

"But, are you disappointed in his response?" she asked.

Brazile then dodged, again, citing that when a foreign adversary starts hacking into the United States, that it is the job of the government to intervene and "protect" the public.

"You know, Martha, we were attacked by a foreign adversary and I think it's the responsibility of the government to help individual citizens as well as institutions, nonprofits, corporations to protect us–help protect us," she said.

During the presidential election, the Russians hacked into Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's email and released some incriminating emails.

The first Russian hack reported was on June 14, 2016.

"Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts who responded to the breach." The Washington Post first reported.