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During a hearing the Senate Intelligence Committee held on election security Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio described a "hypothetical" scenario that he says could call into question the legitimacy of a new president and potentially trigger a constitutional crisis.

"Let's assume for a moment that the year is 2020 or 2024, and there's a foreign leader who's tired of being lectured about democracy in their own country," Rubio said, "and they decide they want to create chaos in the United States and create doubts about our legitimacy, so he or she orders an operation against our presidential election."

The Florida Republican continued: "Now, one of the things they've perfected over the years is the ability to inject misinformation into the bloodstream of the internet. And they watch as this misinformation spreads like a virus until a significant number of people believe it." "They've also perfected strategic leaking of altered or factual information, which the mainstream media picks up on, and it fits perfectly into their red versus blue dynamic that plays out on cable news, making them unwitting agents."

Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who testified at the hearing with current DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, suggested that Rubio's scenario was not just a hypothetical, but a reality, mirroring what took place in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election.

Marco Rubio describes how a foreign power could undermine US election - Business Insider