SNAP tweet of the F'n YEAR !! (Jack E. Smith)

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19. Thanks for posting this again!

It’s good to have a list of who had the hall to spend America’s birthday in the arms of America’s longtime adversary.


Republican members of Congress celebrated the Fourth of July in Russia
On a day when America celebrates its independence from tyranny, Republicans broke with precedent to meet with a tyrannical regime that tried to undermine American democracy.

By Emily Crockett - July 05, 2018


This is not The Onion: Eight members of Congress, all Republicans, spent America’s Independence Day in Russia.

Seven senators — John Kennedy (R-LA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), John Thune (R-SD), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) — and one House member, Kay Granger (R-TX), are all in Moscow over the Fourth of July holiday this week for talks with Russian lawmakers and officials, according to reporting from the Washington Post, NPR, and investigative reporter Julia Davis.

This news is shocking for a number of reasons.

First of all … it was the Fourth of July, for crying out loud. On a day where America celebrates its independence from tyranny and the establishment of its democracy, Republicans broke with precedent to meet with a tyrannical regime that tried to undermine American democracy by meddling in the