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Cozy GOP/Russia relationship laid bare (Original Post) True Dough Mar 2022 OP
Yup! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #1
Dots fantastic! Brainfodder Mar 2022 #2
Vaporize. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #23
K&R, people ... this 100% needs to be addressed ... the GZP is too close to Russia.. PERIOD uponit7771 Mar 2022 #3
Yes, it needs to be addressed on a national level KS Toronado Mar 2022 #22
Just one problem...... lastlib Mar 2022 #25
Those idiots are few & far between KS Toronado Mar 2022 #26
Wow! Nothing to see there! KPN Mar 2022 #4
Now the GQP is breaking out the scapegoats to distract its base. Crowman2009 Mar 2022 #31
Holy shit! Has this been reported by the news organizations? fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #5
You are joking, yes? niyad Mar 2022 #6
This is the first time I heard about it and I pay attention to the news. fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #7
I think the "you're joking" was about the expectation that it would have been reported JHB Mar 2022 #13
If you're serious, the list is widely reported on news IronLionZion Mar 2022 #10
Thanks for providing this leftieNanner Mar 2022 #27
The Fox comments are hilarious. No Republicans were sanctioned because none have ties to Russia. Marcuse Mar 2022 #39
KnR MiHale Mar 2022 #8
That's right. The GOP pose no threat whatever to Russian aggression nor Russian corruption of Ford_Prefect Mar 2022 #9
America needs to wake up samplegirl Mar 2022 #11
The GOP is brought to you by the KGB. multigraincracker Mar 2022 #12
GOP in bed with Russia. So obvious now. NRA as well. Koch. How deep does it go? Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #14
"NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals" Botany Mar 2022 #17
The GZP. tanyev Mar 2022 #15
The GOP sold out the US to Putin. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #16
International billionaires want their own wnylib Mar 2022 #19
Exactly. Yes that is the goal, global autocratic feudalism. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #20
Yep. Some live on lifeboats worth over half-billion dollars. Justice matters. Mar 2022 #33
The GZP would destroy democracy worldwide if possible deminks Mar 2022 #18
Why bar the ones who support you? spanone Mar 2022 #21
Funny how that works out... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #24
I briefly looked for the GQP list yesterday. moondust Mar 2022 #28
K & R - nt Ohio Joe Mar 2022 #29
YIKES I did not know that! mrsadm Mar 2022 #30
Hey! Someone should tell that to mittens... Justice matters. Mar 2022 #32
Republicans love Russia. dalton99a Mar 2022 #34
I think its fair to say that Russia has the GQP in their pocket. Mr. Sparkle Mar 2022 #35
Takei tweets for me! calimary Mar 2022 #36
the gop is putin's party samsingh Mar 2022 #37
And we need to keep repeating this til we're blue in the face! calimary Mar 2022 #38
Theological nitwits are just easy. czarjak Mar 2022 #40

KS Toronado

(17,155 posts)
22. Yes, it needs to be addressed on a national level
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 12:09 PM
Mar 2022

going into the midterms. We need to tie Rs to Putler/Russia as being the same thing.
You going to vote American or Russian? Should be a rallying cry. Our way of life depends on it.

lastlib

(23,163 posts)
25. Just one problem......
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 12:41 PM
Mar 2022

We have idiots wearing T-shirts that say "I'd rather be Russian than Democrat".......
(personally, I'd vote to give them plane fare to Moscow.....)

KS Toronado

(17,155 posts)
26. Those idiots are few & far between
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 12:50 PM
Mar 2022

And just the ones who need to be asked "You going to vote American or Russian?"
Maybe we could make some T-shirts....I'd rather vote Democrat than Russian

Crowman2009

(2,490 posts)
31. Now the GQP is breaking out the scapegoats to distract its base.
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 04:15 PM
Mar 2022

LOOK! THE GAYZ, TRANS AND DAH BLACKS WANT TO INDOCTRINATE OUR CHILDRENZ! DO THEY THINK WURH A BUNCH OF MORANS?

JHB

(37,157 posts)
13. I think the "you're joking" was about the expectation that it would have been reported
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 08:21 AM
Mar 2022

Mainstream outlets aren't in the habit of holding Republicans responsible for anything.

leftieNanner

(15,067 posts)
27. Thanks for providing this
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 02:10 PM
Mar 2022

I saw it yesterday, but hadn't connected the dots about zero Republicans on the list. The difference in the individuals sanctioned in Canada (from all political stripes) is stunning.

Ford_Prefect

(7,872 posts)
9. That's right. The GOP pose no threat whatever to Russian aggression nor Russian corruption of
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 07:50 AM
Mar 2022

the USA or Britain. The Republican Party (US), like the Tory Party (UK), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Putin Global Enterprises (RU).

Botany

(70,447 posts)
17. "NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals"
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 09:10 AM
Mar 2022
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals

How much Russian money was washed through the NRA in 2016 to fund Trump and Republican Senators
and Congresspersons in 2016? (OH's Rob Portman has gotten millions since then.) They all know where
that money is coming from.


Irish_Dem

(46,534 posts)
16. The GOP sold out the US to Putin.
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 09:06 AM
Mar 2022

Because they have the same autocratic goals. Permanent total power with access to all US wealth.

And they convinced a big chunk of the US population to go along with it in return for white christian minority rule.

wnylib

(21,346 posts)
19. International billionaires want their own
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 09:30 AM
Mar 2022

autocracies where they live, unimpeded by democratic governments. The result would be a return to a system like the feudalism of the past, with billionaires equivalent to royalty, millionaires as nobility, and the rest of society "owing" obedience to them.

We are seeing a revolution from the top down, reversing centuries of the development of democracies.

Irish_Dem

(46,534 posts)
20. Exactly. Yes that is the goal, global autocratic feudalism.
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 09:48 AM
Mar 2022

The wealthy class lives very well, the rest of the world in poverty or just getting by.

Here in the US more and more draconian restrictions on daily life.

The world's oligarchs have been taking control for decades and we can now see their end game.

deminks

(11,014 posts)
18. The GZP would destroy democracy worldwide if possible
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 09:26 AM
Mar 2022

Certainly in this country if they can. Look at Texas and Florida. Places I would flee in a nanosecond if I lived there.

Mr. Sparkle

(2,929 posts)
35. I think its fair to say that Russia has the GQP in their pocket.
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 04:59 PM
Mar 2022

You can see it all over their fake media machine from tucker carlson on down

calimary

(81,125 posts)
38. And we need to keep repeating this til we're blue in the face!
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 09:07 PM
Mar 2022

Hopefully that'll be the color of a few more flipped seats in the House and Senate and governorships.

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