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On Sunday, U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) joined Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union to discuss House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent comments that the U.S. is in a “constitutional crisis” over subpoenas to the Trump administration over the Special Counsel’s report, impeachment and Russian interference in American elections.   

“I just spent two weeks at home in North Florida. No one is talking impeachment,” Waltz said. “They are talking healthcare, they are talking infrastructure – they’re talking these big national security issues and they’re frustrated that once again, it’s such a bubble here that everybody is at loggerheads and not dealing with the issues they want dealt with.” 

Waltz also discussed Russian interference into American elections systems, including the Russian infiltration into Florida’s election system in 2016.  Earlier this month, Waltz and U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) wrote a letter to the FBI requesting a briefing for the Florida delegation on Russian hacking of Florida’s elections system in 2016. The briefing will be held this Thursday.  

“We do have to draw a bright line between no collusion from the campaign to the Russians…versus the Russians attacking our constitutional system and attacking our electoral system, which they absolutely are doing. The Russians are absolutely [interfering in American elections,]…we have to stay focused on that because that is our democracy under attack.” 

A video of Rep. Waltz’s comments is available here.