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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Party to the Russian Connection: Republicans Suspected the Russia-Trump Connection from Beginning
Republican leaders in Congress now bear the most responsibility for holding the president accountable and protecting the nation. They cant say they didnt see the Russian interference coming. They knew all along.
As the presidential race wore on, some of those leaders began to see parallels between Russias disinformation operations in Ukraine and Europe and its activities in the United States. They were alarmed by the Kremlin-backed cable network RT America, which was running stories intended, they judged, to undermine Americans trust in democratic institutions and promote Mr. Trumps candidacy. Deeply unsettled, the leaders discussed these concerns privately on several occasions I witnessed.
.....led one senior Republican leader to dolefully inform his peers that he thought Mr. Trump was on the Kremlins payroll, suggesting that Mr. Trump had been compromised by Russian intelligence. Other leaders were surprised by their colleagues frank assessment, but did not dispute it.
Shockingly, some of the leaders most concerned about Russian subversion and Mr. Trumps possible compromise were his first and most vocal supporters among congressional leaders some publicly, some privately. It was an inauspicious trade of national security for political self-preservation and partisan ambition.
the rest:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/a-party-to-the-russian-connection.html
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/17/1634787/-Republicans-Suspected-the-Russia-Trump-Connection-from-Before-the-Beginning
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A Party to the Russian Connection: Republicans Suspected the Russia-Trump Connection from Beginning (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2017
OP
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)1. Then they ALL must be kicked out of office
EOM
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)2. I suspect that many of them are compromised also. Otherwise no reason for fighting so hard
against investigating this connection.
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)3. Donald Trump is the GOP.