“Assuming for a moment that we do believe that the Russian government was controlling outside organizations that hacked into our election, they should be punished,” the South Carolina Republican explained to Capitol Hill reporters on Tuesday. “Putin should be punished.

”While it may be unorthodox for a Republican legislator to call for an investigation of a crime committed against a Democratic politician, Graham made it clear that his fellow Republicans should not “let allegations against a foreign government interfering in our election process go unanswered because it may have been beneficial to our cause.”

Republicans are now interested in looking into the hack against the DNC – Salon.com

hmmmm