CHUCK TODD: All right, before I let you go, you’ve come on this show numerous times and said, “Russia needs to be punished.” You passed a tough sanctions bill. You passed it in July. The president signed it in early August. There was a deadline of October 1st. It is not October 1st. It is October 20th and the sanctions have not been implemented. Why?

SEN. LINDSEY O. GRAHAM: I think that the Trump administration is slow when it comes to Russia. They have a blind spot on Russia I still can’t figure out. But I can tell you what happened in ’16.

TODD: Can you? At what point is that circumstantial evidence to you, sir?

GRAHAM: Well, all I can say is that wherever the Russian investigation takes us, it will take us. In ’16, they interfered in our elections, I don’t think it affected the outcome. But in ’18 and ’20, they’re coming back against us. What are the rules of engagement? Did what they do in 2016, did that amount to an act of war?

How do you respond to cyber threats? We’re really not well together as a nation in terms of the threats we’re facing from the cyber arena. But Russia is going to get worse, if not better. Mr. President, go after Russia because they’re coming after us.