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OneBlueDotBama

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9. Never Gorget, McCarthy claimed Putin paid trump
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 09:07 PM
Dec 2019

I swear to God....

House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump

KIEV, Ukraine — A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy’s assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html

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Kevin McCarthy? [View all] BKDem Dec 2019 OP
He's a cowardly asshole ChubbyStar Dec 2019 #1
Perfect leader for the freedumb caucus Va Lefty Dec 2019 #2
He speaks, then they vote on one article, BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #3
Yes, indeed. wendyb-NC Dec 2019 #4
It's only hours before Christmas????? uppityperson Dec 2019 #5
He's from Bakersfield Brother Buzz Dec 2019 #6
Oh god. BKDem Dec 2019 #7
Wow! Just dis the whole City! El Supremo Dec 2019 #8
Merle Haggard resonates with me a whole lot more Brother Buzz Dec 2019 #10
Sorry. I grew up in an even worse place. BKDem Dec 2019 #11
I worked in Bakersfield and Kern County. El Supremo Dec 2019 #12
I'm prepared to believe that. BKDem Dec 2019 #13
But, but Fontana has the California Speedway Brother Buzz Dec 2019 #14
Wow, thank you for that. BKDem Dec 2019 #15
Never Gorget, McCarthy claimed Putin paid trump OneBlueDotBama Dec 2019 #9
He's true to his name. KentuckyWoman Dec 2019 #16
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