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Repug Party? Was it when TFG became their nominee or before that?
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)and I think that little by little they've been making in roads ever since. Complete take over? Probably when they hacked the RNC and found out how many of them had cheated their way into office.
brewens
(13,400 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Theyve been at the rubles for a few decades, at least.
samnsara
(17,570 posts)..they were a mess anyway just looking for someone to take the blame and TFG obliged
samsingh
(17,571 posts)traitor rand paul and others.
i think the repug party is infiltrated by russian, chinese, and saudi sympathizers. This includes fox and the nra, both tools of russia.
Some people claim to be Democrats but in fact i believe are deep plants - like tulsi gabbord
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)When the old Soviet system broke up in the early 1990's, a small army of right wing advisors flooded into Russia and its surrounds to help the up-and-coming "entrepreneurs" who appropriated state industries for themselves through a combination of corruption and intimidation.
Giuliani had just completed disrupting the Italian mob in New York, opening up opportunities for the growing Russian mob, who found much to like in the administration of Rudy Giuliani and the real estate services of Donald Trump.
The game goes way back.
Ohio Joe
(21,656 posts)This being a thing that started with the tea baggers.
RobinA
(9,878 posts)Repugs don't need Russian influence to act stupid.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,017 posts)In July of 2016 at the RNC Convention. When the Republican platform policy against Crimea was changed in favor of Russia rather than the original draft in favor of Ukraines defense of territories being occupied by Russia. It was the only change Trump got and wanted. They could have changed and most candidates due make a ton of changes the party platform to reflect their policies and positions. It is serious business but for this year they only made just one change. Donald did change the only thing he needed for it to be totally aligned with Putin. Russia is the Republicans policy and position still.
That to me was the tell they were fused together and the one and the same.
When will the Republicans honestly stop hating America and the worlds liberal democracies?
Caliman73
(11,694 posts)Russia and the NRA seem to have been working with each other prior to Trump's candidacy. I would say that Trump opened the floodgates by working so closely with Russia during the 2016 election but remember that Trump has long standing ties to Russia since US banks stopped lending him money after he defaulted on so many loans.
liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)They were behind the orange one all the way. And I would suspect that many a republican has taken donations from them prior to 2016
moondust
(19,917 posts)March 3, 2014, during annexation of Crimea:
Rather than blasting Putin for ignoring international law, the sovereignty of an independent neighboring country, and the rights of Ukrainians to decide their country's future for themselves, Giuliani praised Putin for being what he called "a leader."
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After chuckling dismissively at the idea of merely leveling sanctions against Russia in response to its transgression, Giuliani laid it out as simply as he could: "Putin decides what he wants to do, and he does it in half a day, right? He decided he had to go to their parliament he went to their parliament, he got permission in 15 minutes."
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Rudy Giuliani: Unlike Obama, Putin is what you call a leader
Ruble trail probably goes back farther than that.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)It was a merger of like minds. Criminals and white supremacists of a feather flock together. The merger took place some time when the black guy became President.
Mad_Machine76
(24,355 posts)Republicans had started expressing more or less openly expressing admiration of Putin and often compared Obama unfavorably to him. I think that that was around the time that those shirtless pics of Putin started showing up everywhere.
Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)The email hack of RNC was probably the final stroke.