Russian politician offers to fly political party to Florida to celebrate Trump's acquittal

[babylonsister]

TheHill.com
Russian politician offers to fly political party to Florida to celebrate Trump's acquittal
By J. Edward Moreno - 02/08/20 12:05 PM EST


The leader of Russia’s pro-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky congratulated President Trump on his acquittal by the Senate and suggested that he and members of his party, including President Vladimir Putin, visit Trump’s Florida estate to “raise glass to your success.”

“I congratulate you on your victory in the Senate and the failure of vile and false accusations against you,” Zhirinovsky tweeted. “Today you are the model leader of a huge modern state and the strongest president the US [has] ever had.”

Zhirinovsky went on to denounce House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as well as Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), the sole Republican who voted to convict Trump on either articles of impeachment.

“You are a brave man and you can make America great again. We are outraged by the actions of Mrs. Pelosi. Her behavior was inappropriate. It was clever of you to refuse shaking her hand," Zhirinovsky continued, referring to a moment from Tuesday's State of the Union address in which Trump appeared to ignore Pelosi's outstretched hand.

"We were shocked by the treacherous act of the republican Romney, who voted against you," Zhirinovsky added.

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[dewsgirl]

1. Russia's pro-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party.

A whole lot to unpack there.

[moondust]

7. Yep.

It's a good example of how meaningless political labels can be.

Zhirinovsky suggested establishing the International Centre of Right-wing Parties in Moscow and invited Le Pen to Moscow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Zhirinovsky#Founding_of_the_Liberal_Democratic_Party

This guy has been a well-known crackpot for decades.

[not_the_one]

2. IF TRUE...

THIS should be the headline on EVERY media outlet, paper or electronic (along with the REVENGE firing of Lt. Vindman's brother).

[Generic Other]

5. Can this be verified?

It should be shouted from the rooftops if it is.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. The pro-Trump Russians aren't even hiding any more.

[OnDoutside]

12. Unless the Russians are pretty sure they have a 2020 Trump win tied up, they'd want to be pretty

careful of retribution by the Democrats next January.

[LastDemocratInSC]

4. As Anton Chigurh said in No Country for Old Men....

"If your values brought you to this point, of what worth are your values?"

I often think about that with respect to the "conservatives" in our nation.

[dalton99a]

6. They could wait and join the state dinner for Putin at the White House

[Botany]

8. Trump is a Russian asset and or agent. End of story.

"We were shocked by the treacherous act of the republican Romney, who voted against you," Zhirinovsky added.

[in2herbs]

9. Will a trump meeting with Putin at Mar-a-Logo be the straw that broke the camel's back for

republicans?

[babylonsister]

10. Ha! No. Hasn't made any difference

so far and they've met numerous times.

[bdamomma]

11. Nothing

will break their backs.

I'm waiting for Putin to give a rousing Heil tRump in the WH.

[llmart]

17. Are you kidding?

Putin probably has his own bedroom there. He's already been there several times (that we know of).

[coti]

13. "And now... bring on the whores!!" nt

[ffr]

14. It wouldn't matter if this was every newspaper's headline, rePuticans, like drumpf, can't read

[rockfordfile]

15. Lock his ass up! Come to our country

[lpbk2713]

16. Berders for lunch at Mar-a-Loogie

Trump will even throw in some covfefe too.