Democrats have a Signal problem

Democrats have relied on Signal to conduct sensitive business for years, casting serious doubt on their anger about top Trump administration officials using the app in advance of strikes on Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen, according to an analysis by the Washington Reporter.

The Reporter previously published an editorial urging congressional Republicans to ignore the noise and back President Donald Trump’s national security A-team — and as it turns out, top Democrats haven’t had problems with Signal until it could be politically convenient.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas) recently told an audience, “we have all these Signal chats.”

“If you don’t have Signal, get on Signal, okay? Do not trust— get on Signal,” she said.

The federal office in charge of ensuring cybersecurity at all levels during the Biden administration recommended that “highly targeted” government officials use apps like Signal, calling it a “best practice.”

Sen. Mark Warner (D., Va.) himself relied on the app to speak with the disgraced author of the Steele dossier, according to a report in Fox News. This week, Warner disgraced himself during the Trump administration’s annual threat assessment to Congress, admonishing Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, in tones that many observers viewed as sexist.

Elsewhere in the Senate, Democrats like Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) had praised the Sergeant at Arms for “the recent announcement by your office that the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal is approved for Senate staff use.”

Finally, Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are currently urging potential whistleblowers to contact them via Signal.

“If you prefer, you may report potential wrongdoing via the Signal app by messaging [us],” their site reads.