Originally posted by darthgoober
Oh God... trying to influence us isn't attacking our democracy because the choice is still ours to make. That's not to say that they didn't try to influence or election, but that's different than actually attacking the democracy itself. There was basically zero chance of our democracy becoming a different form of government due to their actions.
Err, a foreign entity trying to influence who the American people pick to best benefit them would be an 'attack on our democracy', regardless if it worked or not.
It's like saying you can launch missiles at a country, but if you don't kill anyone or destroy a building, the attack doesn't count; when we both know it does.