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Dec 2019

GOP Senators Tell Contradictory Stories About Moscow Trip

A key Republican came back from the Kremlin seemingly shrugging off Russian aggression. His colleagues are confused as hell by his talk. Inside a controversial mission to Moscow.

Andrew Desiderio
The Daily Beast, Jul. 10, 2018

A top Republican senator shocked his colleagues when he suggested, after returning from a trip to Moscow with fellow GOP lawmakers, that U.S. sanctions targeting Russia were not working and the Kremlin’s election interference was really no big deal.

Now, the senators who joined him for the series of meetings with senior Russian officials are sharply disputing not only Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) conclusions—but also his account of what went on behind closed doors in Moscow.

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Kick dalton99a Dec 2019 #1

MM: "Election Security Is Socialism" Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #11

+1. Election security is socialism? dalton99a Dec 2019 #13

K&R 2naSalit Dec 2019 #2

MM: Big Oil Russian Oligarchs Gift GOP Millions Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #12

Ditch Mitch! oasis Dec 2019 #3

And His Fiends Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #14

Time to ditch / Putin's bitch / Moscow Mitch ! nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #4

Arrests and Imprisonments Would He'p. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #16

He sells out America for 550 fucking jobs. mountain grammy Dec 2019 #5

FBI, CIA, etc. investigators are always surprised at how little it takes to betray America. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #18

He's just another old bastard that needs to go. rickyhall Dec 2019 #6

After a lengthy and horribly painful natural disease dalton99a Dec 2019 #15

He probably wouldn't even notice a change. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #19

KICK! burrowowl Dec 2019 #7

Moscow Mitch, the Oligarch's Friend Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #20

K&R. dchill Dec 2019 #8

Leonard Blavatnik is American Oligarch Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #21

from July and nobody seems to care how corrupt the GOP has become SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2019 #9

One big flaw in our system is the Senate majority leader has too much power. brush Dec 2019 #10

Kick Stuart G Dec 2019 #17