The moment today when the European Parliament declared Russia to be a state sponsor of terrorism.

[Tomconroy]

The vote was not close.

Link to tweet

Why hasn't the US done this?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

1. Thank you for sharing.

[NCjack]

2. US Congress can't do a joint resolution because so many of the GOP members

have taken Russian money from Putin for the purpose of assisting their election campaigns.

Putin holds the embarrassing receipts that no GOP member wants made public.

[GoCubsGo]

3. Or, maybe we don't want to look like hypocrites,

thanks to Bush's invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan?

[DENVERPOPS]

8. right there with you GCG

The invasions you said, and don't forget the U.S. condemning the atrocities of Russia/Putin. When we have the history of Torture and the bombing of the civilians in Bagdad into the stone age......................

It wasn't W Bush, he was a puppet.....it was the same good ol' boys: Cheney/Rumsfeld, and a hundred others left over from the Reagan/HWBush period...........

[jaxexpat]

12. B-b-b the "decider" decided.

Never let a single lying, raping, murdering neo-con off the hook. If they're over the age of puberty, they're liable.

[DENVERPOPS]

10. Bingo

and a ton of money corruptly and illegally laundered/channeled thru the infamous NRA
I would love to see all the other Kompromat that Putin has on the entire Trump Admin and Republican Senators....
Putin is far worse than J. Edgar, and has been collecting stuff for decades..........

[uponit7771]

18. +1,

[MarcA]

4. Who voted no or abstained? n/t

[Tomconroy]

5. Someone wrote it was the politicians of the far left and far right.

[MarcA]

6. Thank you for the info. n/t

[nycbos]

13. Stuff like that gives credence to the horseshoe theory of politics.

[calimary]

15. Interesting analogy. Certainly evokes mental imaging!

[IronLionZion]

7. Plenty of GOP support a state sponsor of terrorism

and openly support an enemy of the US/NATO.

[barbtries]

9. i'll take a stab at why.

because there is a substantial number of lawmakers, all republican of course, who adore putin,

[James48]

11. Does this have any real consequence?

Does it trigger additional sanctions?

[lpbk2713]

14. Too many rethuglicans

It would be a waste of time.

[tritsofme]

16. Biden rejected the designation in September.

https://www.voanews.com/amp/biden-says-no-to-appeals-to-designate-russia-a-state-sponsor-of-terror/6734357.html

[Tomconroy]

17. I am well aware of that.