Dim or disloyal? Republicans again ensnared in possible Russian plot. - J Rubin

[BootinUp]

February 25, 2024 at 7:45 a.m. EST

Are Republicans easy marks or willing participants in Russian anti-Biden operations? That’s a troubling question raised by the Feb. 14 grand jury indictment of a former FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, on charges of concocting a tale about President Biden’s supposed involvement in his family members’ business dealings.

In the aftermath of the indictment, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) declared, “Smirnov was the foundation of the whole thing. He was the one who came forward to say that Burisma had given Joe Biden $5 million, and that was just concocted in thin air. It was that foundation that the whole house of cards has been built on, and the entire thing has collapsed.”

Raskin added that “we don’t even have to rely on Smirnov’s own words because there have been somewhere near a dozen witnesses who have completely repudiated and refuted these essential allegations.”

Now Republicans are pretending that Smirnov wasn’t so important after all. They’re vowing to plow ahead on this cock-and-bull mission that never got off the ground. Not only did multiple witnesses testify that Biden had no involvement with his son’s business dealings, but previous allegations that Biden acted on his son’s behalf had also already been thoroughly repudiated.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. GOP have Collective Financial Myopia from looking down their noses at everyone .nt

[RandomNumbers]

2. I'll take "Disloyal" for $1000, Alex.

See also: https://democraticunderground.com/100218719762

[BootinUp]

4. TY for the thread.

[tanyev]

3. They're dim, but they're not that dim.

They embraced Smirnov because he said everything they wanted to hear. Whether or not it was true was irrelevant to them.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. Anti-American traitors in my book

[FakeNoose]

6. 'Memba this? About 7 years ago we were laughing at these guys...

It turns out, they really meant it!

[orthoclad]

7. 3rd choice: cooperative

Cooperating with their brother right-wing oligarchs.