I agree completely. Thank you for posting this.
Those who defend Trump in this manner, are in many ways worse than Trump. While Trump lies all the time about everything, he is a "pathological liar" and somehow you get the feeling he has "lost the ability to tell the truth"
These people, U.S. Senators, who defend him, and say that Durbin is lying, and that Trump is telling the truth are not pathological liars. They are defending their boss with a lie that they know is a lie. It is for their own interest that they lie some more, not the countries, not their party's their state's. It is indeed terrifying. Some have not taken the bait and lied about this. At least there are "some" or one Republican. Even one is better than none.
I must add this: Cotton and Perdue have defined themselves forever as liars. They may have thought they were supporting their leader, Trump, but they have forever joined the liars club. 
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