U.S. Senator: Republican Party Is Turning Into Russia's 'Most Important Global Asset'

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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called out the Republican Party for advancing Russian conspiracy theories as it continues to defend President Donald Trump during the impeachment inquiry.

“Call me old fashioned, but I think it’s a little unsavory the Republican Party is becoming the most important global asset of Russian intel,” Murphy tweeted on Sunday. “I get it, Russia’s bonkers ‘Ukraine did it, not Russia’ story is all the GOP has to defend their guy, but really?”


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-murphy-republicans-russian-assets_n_5de4c163e4b0913e6f8155df

Link to tweet

What really went on behind closed doors between the Russian Spymaster and the GOP leadership at the 2016 GOP Convention?

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1. Chris Murphy long thread on all the times Trump favored Russia.

Link to tweet

[crickets]

2. Oldie but goodie along the same lines

Republicans on Russia trip face scorn and ridicule from critics at home July 5, 2018

Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) led the eight-member delegation on a multiday tour of St. Petersburg and Moscow, a trip that included meetings with Russia’s foreign minister and parliamentarians. It did not include a session that senators had been hoping for: a meeting with Putin, whom President Trump is scheduled to meet at a summit this month.

Joining Shelby were Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), and Rep. Kay Granger (R-Tex.).

Members of the delegation set off on their trip late last week promising to be tough with Russian officials ahead of the president’s visit, especially on matters of election interference. But they struck a conciliatory tone once there: The point of their visit, Shelby stressed to the Duma leader, was to “strive for a better relationship” with Moscow, not “accuse Russia of this or that or so forth.”

It played well in Moscow, but not on the home front. [snip]

Others pointed out that while the delegation was in Russia, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a report finding Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election with a clear preference for helping Trump defeat former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Only one of the delegation participants, Kennedy, sits on a congressional panel that has looked into the Russia probe.

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3. GOP is the biggest threat to the U.S. right now

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4. I don't get it. If Ukraine "did it" then how could we EVER trust any...

...investigation they did of an American politician? The stupid hurts.

Oh what tangled webs we weave.