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CUOMO: "Look, the indictment does just that, right? I mean this is what you guys in the law used to call on the prosecution side name and shame, right? The practicality of getting these guys is not the highest degree, but you put the names out there. You show what happened. We saw it in Pittsburgh when they named those Chinese hackers. Why isn’t the meeting a win/win from your perspective that if the president goes and he speaks truth to power the way he says he will, then you get that message sent to Putin in a way that maybe we’ve never heard it before in and if he doesn’t, if he falls short, if he uses those kid gloves that he keeps using where Putin is involved, you win anyway because he becomes exposed once and for all for not standing up to this man."
BLUMENTHAL: "There is so much more at stake here, Chris, than just the politics of the moment. We are under attack not only in the past, but it is continuing. That’s the collective wisdom. It’s unanimous among the intelligence community. They’ve said it publicly, so I’m not giving away any classified information as a member of the armed services committee. The attack is continuing, and now is the time to make the Russians pay a price. No more business as usual. No more bromance. The dangers of both courses, his failing to stand up to them and his continuing this kind of infatuated bromance are really perilous. And to allow him to go into that meeting alone is national security negligence on the part of his advisers and his top staff."