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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wonder why Rachel, Joe, and the rest
haven't been asking whether there are more putin shills than just the orange one. Several congress critters have been unstinting is giving vlad everything he wants. Were they bought, blackmailed, or threatened into becoming russian workers.
Hekate
(91,042 posts)Jakes Progress
(11,124 posts)Rachel. I've never seen them discuss russian agents in the congress. Can you tell me when this happened?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,003 posts)How could they turn down all that delicious Russian money laundered through the NRA?
bdamomma
(63,974 posts)he got 3.5 million from a Russia/China bank connection, that's why he's hiding his ass.
He keeps on saying it's a "political stunt" about the sanctions, that's getting kind of old Mitch. That's why he is hiding.
Read this article
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/13/1825790/-mcconnell-and-the-agents-of-power-and-influence
snip of article:
Some have posited that hes carrying Trumps water because hes in Trumps pocket. Some say hes worried about his upcoming 2020 re-election so hes pandering to Trumps base. Some suggest hes protecting the GOP because hes a hardcore republican. The media line seems to be that hes a wily old fox.
But none of these really take full account of McConnells need to succeed, driven by weak-kneed cowardice and inadequacy. Yet it is these personality traits which greased the wheels of his rise to senate tyrant because it is these personality traits which make him the perfect mark for agents of power and influence.
Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)Jakes Progress
(11,124 posts)would give every republican senator more than $25,000,000. Since that group has shown no moral center or sense of patriotism or shame, it would be difficult to imagine that they wouldn't sell out for that size a check.
derapaska stands to make tens of billions because of the republican votes in the Senate. One and a half if a cheap deal for him.
Scruffy1
(3,257 posts)When charges weren't pressed over $25,000 dollar donations to stop prosecutions none of them asked the right question. The campaign donation was probably reasonably good legal cover for the big brown paper bag.
Jakes Progress
(11,124 posts)account with 25 million in it available to any republican who would kiss patin's ring and genuflect for trump.
A drop in the bucket for a russian oligarch.