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Doodley

(11,945 posts)
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 04:46 PM Mar 2022

Marco Rubio and Steve Daines put their vanity before the safety of Zelenskyy during video call


Two Republican senators are facing backlash after tweeting photos of a video call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy even though participating lawmakers were told to not share pictures to social media while it was in progress.

Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Steve Daines of Montana posted pictures of Zelenskyy to their Twitter accounts during the Zoom meeting Saturday morning, writing that they were on a call with him.

Democratic Reps. Dean Phillips of Minnesota and Jason Crow of Colorado criticized the senators on Twitter.

Phillips noted that the "Ukrainian ambassador very intentionally asked each of us on the Zoom to NOT share anything on social media during the meeting to protect the security of President Zelenskyy."

"Appalling and reckless ignorance by two U.S. Senators," Phillips wrote.

"The lack of discipline in Congress is truly astounding," Crow wrote. "If an embattled wartime leader asks you to keep quiet about a meeting, you better keep quiet about the meeting. I’m not saying a damn thing. Lives are at stake."

https://news.yahoo.com/two-gop-senators-share-photos-192047841.html
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Marco Rubio and Steve Daines put their vanity before the safety of Zelenskyy during video call (Original Post) Doodley Mar 2022 OP
Bumblewank Republican BiglyLiars are a danger not just to America, Achilleaze Mar 2022 #1
rubio using this to build his public profile after kissing trump butt for 4 yrs nt msongs Mar 2022 #2
It wasn't vanity, they were helping Putin. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2022 #3
now they are outed, on record, as Putin sympathizers. Grasswire2 Mar 2022 #4
Russian assets Kittycatkat Mar 2022 #5
Putin Stooges.. Traitors to America. Cha Mar 2022 #6
If the press doesn't call them out to their faces on this they are complicit. dem4decades Mar 2022 #7
Traitors! Giving away Zelensky's location. Baitball Blogger Mar 2022 #8
This is well done dem4decades Mar 2022 #9
Just more evidence that all republicans are assholes. Jim__ Mar 2022 #10
To be fair, they would extend the same courtesy to ... sanatanadharma Mar 2022 #11
Helping P Meowmee Mar 2022 #12

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. Bumblewank Republican BiglyLiars are a danger not just to America,
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 04:49 PM
Mar 2022

but also to the rest of the world

BlueTsunami2018

(5,009 posts)
3. It wasn't vanity, they were helping Putin.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 04:52 PM
Mar 2022

Anything they can do to help reveal his location, they’ll do.

Grasswire2

(13,849 posts)
4. now they are outed, on record, as Putin sympathizers.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 04:53 PM
Mar 2022

I'm hoping this was a sting, for that purpose.

Baitball Blogger

(52,457 posts)
8. Traitors! Giving away Zelensky's location.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 05:17 PM
Mar 2022

Stop calling them reckless. No one is that stupid. They knew what they were doing.

sanatanadharma

(4,090 posts)
11. To be fair, they would extend the same courtesy to ...
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 06:51 PM
Mar 2022

To be fair, they would extend the same courtesy to President Biden.

Is there a :it's a pity: emoji?

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