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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 11:55 PM Jul 2018

Russian officials and state media mock 'weak' GOP senators after Moscow visit

Russian broadcasters mocked the Republican lawmakers who visited Moscow over the Fourth of July holiday and gloated about the Kremlin’s role in electing President Donald Trump.

Seven U.S. senators and one congresswoman — Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Kennedy (R-LA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Richard Shelby (R-AL), John Thune (R-SD) and Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) — traveled to Russia for closed-door meetings with high-ranking Kremlin officials.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/russian-officials-state-media-mock-weak-gop-senators-moscow-visit/

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Russian officials and state media mock 'weak' GOP senators after Moscow visit (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jul 2018 OP
Gee, who could have predicted this??? RockRaven Jul 2018 #1
Yes. elleng Jul 2018 #3
Traitors elleng Jul 2018 #2
'The Alabama Republican dismissed the widespread agreement among U.S. intelligence and law elleng Jul 2018 #4
If Russia were a person... Initech Jul 2018 #5
If there was a Democratic equivalent of Fox News, They would be all over this. RDANGELO Jul 2018 #6
K&R Scurrilous Jul 2018 #7
#TraitorTrump UCmeNdc Jul 2018 #8
I read somewhere that the Senators had different interpretations of their visit?? kentuck Jul 2018 #9

RockRaven

(14,982 posts)
1. Gee, who could have predicted this???
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 12:07 AM
Jul 2018

It's a f*cking mystery!!!

This should lay bare for all to see the obvious lie that GOPers will try to sell that these Senators and Reps went there to talk tough to Putin or any other fiction they think sounds good for the US -- the very act of going there was from the beginning a guaranteed no-win for the US, and they all knew it.

They are traitors. Not just for being in Putin's pocket (some may in fact not be) but for doing things which they KNOW will hurt the US.

elleng

(131,029 posts)
4. 'The Alabama Republican dismissed the widespread agreement among U.S. intelligence and law
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 12:15 AM
Jul 2018

enforcement agencies that the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 election, but Russian TV hosts disagreed.

“What trouble did we cause?” one Russian TV analyst said last week, before the senators arrived. “We just elected Trump, that’s all.”'

Initech

(100,093 posts)
5. If Russia were a person...
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 12:19 AM
Jul 2018

They'd be the kind of person who would take candy from a baby and then kick him in the nuts when he's crying. You know - just for good measure. This is why we can't be civil with these fuckers.

RDANGELO

(3,433 posts)
6. If there was a Democratic equivalent of Fox News, They would be all over this.
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 12:19 AM
Jul 2018

Since there isn't most people will never here of this.

kentuck

(111,106 posts)
9. I read somewhere that the Senators had different interpretations of their visit??
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 08:16 PM
Jul 2018

Some thought it was a very tense meeting with the Russians.

Ron Johnson of WI seemed to be the lone exception? He must have talked with Trump or Putin before making his announcement that "sanctions" might ought to be lifted?? Uh-huh...

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