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Botany

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Wed Oct 4, 2023, 08:54 AM Oct 2023

Never ever forget that Kevin McCarthy knew that Putin was paying Trump in 2016 (along w/Ryan, Scalis

.... and McConnell [he was told by US Intel]) and kept the subject hidden or when approached by the
Washington Post just said he was "just joking.


“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy said, according to Entous, a superb reporter who heard a tape recording of the colloquy. “Swear to God.”

Dana Rohrabacher is a Republican from California with a peculiar amalgam of views: pro-marijuana, dubious about climate change, pro-torture. For this last position, in 2007, Keith Olbermann awarded him his periodic “Worst Person in the World” award, on his old MSNBC show. Like Trump, Rohrabacher has been highly solicitous of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last year, Politico ran an article on Rohrabacher called “Putin’s Favorite Congressman.”

In the Post piece, McCarthy’s remark is met with laughter, and Ryan cautions his colleagues, “This is an off the record . . . No leaks! . . . All right?”

And then, amid more laughter, Ryan says, “This is how we know we’re a real family here.”

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/paul-ryan-keeps-it-family-kevin-mccarthy-russia-trump

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Never ever forget that Kevin McCarthy knew that Putin was paying Trump in 2016 (along w/Ryan, Scalis (Original Post) Botany Oct 2023 OP
k&r -- these are not friends of democracy Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #1
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