GOP senators downplaying Russian interference shows how Trump has co-opted the party
By James Hohmann
July 16 at 8:32 AM
THE BIG IDEA: Last year, in an interview on Super Bowl Sunday, Bill O’Reilly challenged President Trump over his desire to improve relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Putin’s a killer,” said the then-Fox News host.
“There are a lot of killers,” Trump replied. “We got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country’s so innocent? Take a look at what we’ve done, too. We’ve made a lot of mistakes. . . . So, a lot of killers around, believe me.”
There was strong and vocal pushback at the time from most elected Republicans.
-- Over the past several days, as Trump again engaged in a spree of whataboutism and moral relativism ahead of today’s summit in Helsinki with Putin, far fewer GOP lawmakers have called him out.
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