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applegrove

(118,696 posts)
Mon May 22, 2023, 11:51 AM May 2023

Text Messages Tie DeSantis Closely to Lev Parnas

Text Messages Tie DeSantis Closely to Lev Parnas

May 22, 2023 at 11:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 76 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/05/22/text-messages-tie-desantis-closely-to-lev-parnas/

"SNIP.......

“Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas and his business partner were arrested in 2019, accused by the U.S. government of funneling a Russian oligarch’s money into American political campaigns,” Reuters reports.

“One recipient of Parnas’ donations — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — has said he was barely an acquaintance.”

“But DeSantis and Parnas worked more closely together than the Republican governor has disclosed, according to a detailed account of their relationship Parnas provided to Reuters and 63 previously unreported text messages from DeSantis to Parnas between May and October 2018, as DeSantis campaigned for governor.”

.......SNIP"

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Text Messages Tie DeSantis Closely to Lev Parnas (Original Post) applegrove May 2023 OP
He was only a coffee boy MagickMuffin May 2023 #1
Russia, Russia, Russia Deep State Witch May 2023 #2
Explains why Desantis went all lovey with Putin bronxiteforever May 2023 #3
I believe it was Nikita Khrushchev who said "we will destroy you from within with out firing a shot" usaf-vet May 2023 #4
Yeah, what a surprise, I'm so shocked. Warpy May 2023 #5
Do you remember these malaise May 2023 #6

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
3. Explains why Desantis went all lovey with Putin
Mon May 22, 2023, 12:12 PM
May 2023

in several statements.

Ron DeSantis has reversed his position on Ukraine, after facing widespread criticism for calling the Russian invasion a “territorial dispute”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/23/ron-desantis-ukraine-war-russia-territorial-dispute

Ron DeSantis emboldens Vladimir Putin
Florida’s governor has blundered by saying Ukraine is not a vital American interest.
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/03/16/ron-desantis-emboldens-vladimir-putin

Ron DeCeasefire: US presidential hopeful DeSantis calls for truce in Ukraine
‘It’s in everybody’s interest to try to get to a place where we can have a ceasefire,’ Florida governor says.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ron-deceasefire-u-s-presidential-hopeful-desantis-calls-for-truce-in-ukraine/

usaf-vet

(6,189 posts)
4. I believe it was Nikita Khrushchev who said "we will destroy you from within with out firing a shot"
Mon May 22, 2023, 01:30 PM
May 2023

It appears to me that the Russians are well on their way to disrupting our Democracy with the HELP of the GOP.

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