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

[LiberalArkie]

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.

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The Alabama Republican dismissed the widespread agreement among U.S. intelligence and law 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.”

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

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[lunatica]

1. I mock them too

But that doesn’t mean I admire the Russians!

[ffr]

28. I have to admit, they have got the brainwashing technique down to an artform

The KGOP and their 62 million drone supporters know they're being duped into holding up a white surrender flag and yet, they willingly do it.

[Leghorn21]

2. "The Alabama Republican dismissed the widespread agreement among U.S. intelligence and law

enforcement agencies that the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 election”


JULY THIRD 2018, MOTHERFUCKER:

The Senate Intelligence Committee strongly backed the finding by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, ultimately intending to help Donald Trump win.

“The committee concurs with intelligence and open-source assessments that this influence campaign was approved by President Putin,” the panel said Tuesday in a report that endorsed as “sound” the intelligence findings issued in January 2017. The committee said there was a body of intelligence “to support the assessment that Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for Trump.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-03/senate-russia-probe-agrees-that-putin-meddled-to-help-trump

[lagomorph777]

3. Media run by GOP boss Putin are boasting that Putin installed Trump.

Now the Senators need to get on board and admit it.

[lagomorph777]

4. Nice campaign ad right there!

[mitch96]

24. Yup, these guys know how to win friends and influence people

They should read o'l Dale's book... Yes this will be an EXCELLENT campaign add against the repukes...
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[WhiteTara]

5. THis will make great commercial material for Democrats

We need lots of spots that show their corruption and treason.

[Achilleaze]

6. Russia is actively WAGING WAR on America - according to all our Intelligence Agencies

and the Senate Intelligence Committee.

So seeing these quisling appeasing republicans grovel before the kremlin (following the lead of the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief) is SUPER SHITTY.

[LiberalArkie]

8. They are just trying to do to us what we did to the old Soviet Union.

They want to isolate us and England. Bring up to our knees like we did to Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin.

[elmac]

18. and what we didn't do after the fall of the USSR

and the ensuing collapse of their economy. Russia went through a few decades of economic hell with little help from the west. Like 1920's, 30's Germany, that gave birth to nationalism and their fascist dictator, putin. Now we are dealing with our own fascist state and the merging of both.

[sharedvalues]

19. NO. We want to free people. Russia wants to jail and oppress them.

I’m not sure what you intended.

But this reads like whataboutism, which is a Russian (and now Republican) talking point/smear.

America has a better society than Russia. Russia’s government is a kleptocratic oligarchy, where the rich steal money and the rest of the nation is poor. The putin regime oppresses its people. Our actions are NOT!! equal.

I will defend America’s right to seek free people and fairness everywhere. We should consider Putin’s attack on us to be an attack on freedom loving people everywhere.

[bdamomma]

26. and break us

up from the Union. Trump says Putin is fine when will his cult start applauding that they bow down to an ex-KGB'er???

tRump is an asshole.

[iluvtennis]

14. And they are winning that war since Trump is compromised and GOP won't fight back.

[NCjack]

7. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL): Please, next month take your crew to visit

President Rodrigo Duterte (The Philippines) and his cabinet.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. They should be mocked here in the US.

[democrank]

10. Kick

[mfcorey1]

11. Ship of fools!!!

[Tatiana]

12. Good Lord... these ads practically write themselves.

"Even Russia says that (insert name of Republican traitor) is weak."

The worst thing you can do to one of these MAGAt Republicans is to tag them as being weak or unmanly.

I hope the opponents are taking note.

[eleny]

13. There's the makings of a perfect political ad that would go viral

What a bunch of dopes. The very thing they're trying to bury and cover up - the Russians are taking credit.

[Marie Marie]

15. And yet, they are all to stupid to know that they are being played and

too stupid to be ashamed.

[BigmanPigman]

16. Does anyone on DU have connections to the Dems?

I want this used in Dems campaign ads. I donated money to the DNC, I should have a say about how it is spent. I want it used to re-run this during the midterms. Whenever I donate to Freedom From Religion they ask how I want my donation spent and I always say on advertising on TV. I want the same for my Dem donations too.

[wss2001]

17. GOPs Hanoi Jane moment.

The right has never forgiven Jane Fonda’s trip to Hanoi during the Vietnam War. Russia is an enemy of the United States who clearly meddled with and influenced the 2016 Presidential campaign in a cyber attack. Yet here are GOP senators in Russia on the 4th of July...I think this is their Hanoi Jane moment and we need to show our country how they give aid and comfort to our enemies!

[keithbvadu2]

20. Donald wants alone time with Vlad to discuss his treason.

Donald wants alone time with Vlad to discuss his treason.

These republicans go to Russia to ‘celebrate’ our Independence Day.
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Trump supporters celebrated their victory.

"It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/make-russia-great-again-if-trump-lifts-sanctions-putin-could-finally-establish-his-country-as-an-equal-to-u-s&pubdate=2016-12-03
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Today's republicans: "Russia is our friend".
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"... retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis said in May 2015 that among world threats “in the near term, I think the most dangerous might be Russia.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/6/donald-trump-james-mattis-differ-on-vladimir-putin/

[meadowlander]

29. Hanoi Dick and the Johns

[bdamomma]

33. I will do

this if those repig Senators speak on the floor of the Senate supporting Putin and give him a pass that Russia did not interfere with the 2016 election. tRump has been going to Russia since the 80's they groomed his ass to take down the US.

[Hassler]

21. The Dems will be idjits if they don't use this, but I repeat myself.

[C Moon]

22. How the hell can these "U.S. citizens" live like this?

Don't they feel like groveling slime balls of scum?

[JHB]

27. They're Republican politicians...

They don't need to feel "like" groveling slime balls of scum. They're the genuine article, and proud of it.

[joshdawg]

23. I might've known granger was in that gang.

She's got to be one of the worst representatives my state has ever had. Running a close second behind gohmert.

[Delmette2.0]

25. Do we have to let them back into our country?

[kairos12]

30. All of them are threats to our National Security.

[SWBTATTReg]

31. These gop senators are so pathetic even the russians are mocking them...

And they should be mocked. Why in the world are they going to Russia? Some new trade deal to sign for? Doesn't make sense since rump is dismantling all of them (trade agreements).

Must be prep'ing for interference in the 2018 midterms coming up, I can't think of anything else going on that they need to be involved w/, or they are prep'ing for rump's upcoming meet and greet w/ Putin...

Traitors...

[lpbk2713]

32. They spent their Independence Day on their knees.

Sucking up to admitted election thieves.

[Cha]

34. They are.

[eppur_se_muova]

35. "The Moran Seven" nt