Senator John Kennedy Backs Away from Ridiculous Statement That Ukraine Not Russia Interfered in 2016 Elections November 25, 2019, 8:37 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen CNN: "I was wrong," says GOP Sen. John Kennedy, backtracking after he repeated a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 US election. "It was Russia who tried to hack the DNC computer. I’ve seen no indication that Ukraine tried to do it." https://t.co/3N1KZi3r9A pic.twitter.com/zUgTxI1Hgu— CNN (@CNN) November 26, 2019 Share this: