'Now it's a party'! GOP Rep. McCaul says Russians also hacked the RNC; RNC denies; Update: McCaul says he 'misspoke'

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/776185767471316992

https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/776187095069040640

Ruh-roh …

Rep. Michael McCaul on CNN: The Republican National Committee has been hacked.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 14, 2016

The RNC has also been hacked according to House Homeland Security Chairman @RepMcCaul on @CNN

— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) September 14, 2016

GOP congressman to CNN: Republican National Committee was hacked, too
https://t.co/AjgwAfPRCX

— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) September 14, 2016

Breaking: Russians have also hacked into the RNC, McCaul tells @wolfblitzer: “they’re not picking sides here” https://t.co/RsFr6u4dV4

— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) September 14, 2016

Welp.

ta da https://t.co/58uMvtrnta

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) September 14, 2016

Now it's a party. https://t.co/K3803UovMk

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 14, 2016

Oh this is going to be good.

— Ken Klippenstein's Ghost (@neogeek62) September 14, 2016

@kairyssdal @CNNSitRoom This should be fascinating.

— CommonSense (@4counting) September 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/776186891431477248

https://twitter.com/Kiser/status/776186937749147649

OOPS https://t.co/Bs5bzksW0M

— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 14, 2016

For what it’s worth, though, the RNC’s denying it:

JUST IN – RNC says, contrary to Rep McCaul, there has been "no known breach" of the RNC's cybernetwork https://t.co/oPn8IqxfdR

— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) September 14, 2016

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Not true. https://t.co/fw6nNzaed0

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) September 14, 2016

Either way, just to be safe, here’s an exit idea:

https://twitter.com/alwaysonoffense/status/776186678025256960

Ha! Couldn’t hurt.

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Update:

JUST IN from Sen. McCaul:

"I misspoke by asserting that the RNC was hacked…" pic.twitter.com/M7GPgbymJi

— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) September 14, 2016

I misspoke by asserting RNC was hacked. What I meant to say was, in addition to DNC, Republican political operatives have also been hacked.

— Michael McCaul (@RepMcCaul) September 14, 2016

Oh? So it was just a speak-o, then?

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/776193682831708160

Kind of, yeah.