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17. Scott Walker is one of the "Dirty CONS"!
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 06:17 PM
Jan 2019
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211657130

Dirty CONS: McConnell, Lindsey Graham, and more. Ukrainian/Russian-owned. The research!

A little bit of digging that could pay off now - AND LATER, when certain republi-CONS might think they're presidential material:

A report about one Len Blavatnik, an individual with US and UK citizenship, Ukrainian (OF COURSE!!!)-born billionaire who's friends with Russian oligarchs close to Putin, Oleg Deripaska in particular. Doling out some "6.35 million dollars to republican candidates and incumbent senators, using two holding companies, Access Industries and A1 Altep Holdings."

If the above report is true, then ol' Mitchy-boy is bought and paid-for. Linked to Putin. ($3.5 million)

So is Lindsey Graham. ($800K)

So is Marco Rubio. (1.5 million)

So is John Kasich. ($250K)

So is Scott Walker. (1.1 million)

So was the now-deceased John McCain (the low-ball on the list, only $200K)

Here's a report from the Dallas Morning News - from August of 2017 (!!!!! - NOBODY's picked up on this!!!!) :

Party loyalty is often cited as the reason that GOP leaders have not been more outspoken in their criticism of President Donald Trump and his refusal to condemn Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Yet there may be another reason that top Republicans have not been more vocal in their condemnation. Perhaps it's because they have their own links to the Russian oligarchy that they would prefer go unnoticed.
Donald Trump and the political action committees for Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich and John McCain accepted $7.35 million in contributions from a Ukrainian-born oligarch who is the business partner of two of Russian president Vladimir Putin's favorite oligarchs and a Russian government bank.
During the 2015-2016 election season, Ukrainian-born billionaire Leonard "Len" Blavatnik contributed $6.35 million to leading Republican candidates and incumbent senators. Mitch McConnell was the top recipient of Blavatnik's donations, collecting $2.5 million for his GOP Senate Leadership Fund under the names of two of Blavatnik's holding companies, Access Industries and AI Altep Holdings, according to Federal Election Commission documents and OpenSecrets.org.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns

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Scott Wanker has lots of free time now that he's tossed Hassler Jan 2019 #1
Not only is he too dumb, but he also thinks he's always right! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2019 #2
is he another universal expert? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #3
Everyone says nobody can spot a despicable idiot better than me. Everybody says so. Believe me. dmr Jan 2019 #12
I needed that laugh Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #14
Scott Walker is one of the "Dirty CONS"! calimary Jan 2019 #17
Why hasn't Rachel Maddow / Chris Hayes / MSNBC & Co. commented on this? And Stephen Colbert? Scotch-Irish Jan 2019 #22
Imagine you worked all day for your company, and you received $100 at the end of the day ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #4
That was absolutely perfect! AOC is rocking KPN Jan 2019 #5
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Art of the Clapback. demmiblue Jan 2019 #9
When she is at it is because someone went after her Perseus Jan 2019 #21
They should quit while their behind. Nice to see someone fighting back. Pepsidog Jan 2019 #6
Some DU'ers want AOC to tone it down Yosemito Jan 2019 #7
I had to use the search function to find that thread. demmiblue Jan 2019 #8
GOP deliberately lie about tax brackets IronLionZion Jan 2019 #10
Scott who? Still In Wisconsin Jan 2019 #11
Heh, no kidding. demmiblue Jan 2019 #13
Yeah... the Koch stuff hit our states almost simultaneously. Still In Wisconsin Jan 2019 #18
Sick. Burn. Go Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez! malchickiwick Jan 2019 #15
He has always been an idiot. Mickju Jan 2019 #16
That's the dead horse they've been beating to shit for 40 years maxrandb Jan 2019 #19
And that is one of the many things I love about her Perseus Jan 2019 #20
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