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Putin The Work: Senate GOP votes to lift Russian Sanctions
- Thread starter BWoog
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One of these motherfuckers needs to explain the vote. I want to know what the reasoning for this was, even if it's their bullshit reason.
In case anyone has any doubts what a crock of shit this is.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/derip...-fanboy-as-white-house-aims-to-lift-sanctions
Welcome to the new boss. Same as the old boss.
No one really thought he'd be the sane one did they?
US Congress is becoming Kremlin 2.0
https://www.thedailybeast.com/derip...-fanboy-as-white-house-aims-to-lift-sanctions
Welcome to the new boss. Same as the old boss.
No one really thought he'd be the sane one did they?
US Congress is becoming Kremlin 2.0
serious question, are American politicians afraid of Russian oligarchs and their power? does a Republican Senator fear a hit could be ordered on them?
because i just dont get it.
because i just dont get it.
Remember when russia hacked into dnc emails? Well, they also stole rnc emails, but didn't release them..........
they funnel money to them and they are afraid of losing that
I think in part it's because they admire the hard right religious pseudo democracy that Russia has become.
I haven't heard this specific defense of it coming from the GOP, but I imagine the most rational defense of this is that sanctioning Deripasko's company might have a negative effect on the global aluminum market as a whole, which could impact non-Russian companies in unintended ways.
Traitors all of them. Ongoing investigation too with 2016 election, lets reward them with lifted sanctions
The argument is that Oleg Deripaska's aluminum company is too important to be sanctioned because industrial supply chains in the US and Europe rely on it. So the Treasury Department together with some UK lobbyists worked out an agreement where Deripaska will relinquish majority ownership of the company. That and paying a lot of lobbyists in DC big money got the job done, big surprise there.
I feel like I'm missing something here, the title doesn't match the content of the OP?
The Senate shot down a Dem bill that was trying to force the white house to enforce the already passed sanctions that Trump has been refusing to actually enforce, not to lift them entirely?
It's not that big a difference but asking Republicans to limit the powers of their president was always going to be a tall order.
Edit: Nvm I missed that last line in that tweet saying Trump is probably going to lift them. That's shitty and the Republicans are straight up traitors.
The Senate shot down a Dem bill that was trying to force the white house to enforce the already passed sanctions that Trump has been refusing to actually enforce, not to lift them entirely?
It's not that big a difference but asking Republicans to limit the powers of their president was always going to be a tall order.
Edit: Nvm I missed that last line in that tweet saying Trump is probably going to lift them. That's shitty and the Republicans are straight up traitors.
... even though this deal includes Deripasko still retaining something like 40% control.
Make no mistake, it's a farcical argument.
I've thought this for a while; that the whole of the GOP is compromised. It doesn't make sense to just hack one party and not literally everyone to gather as much intel as you can. If true, must be some juicy stuff in there. I've never seen the GOP bend over backwards for Russia in such a manner. Goes far beyond worrying about going against Trump and his supporters.
... and while we're here, let me predict that this Steve King rebuke (and the subsequent tossing of Paul Ryan under the bus) is only the beginning of what is going to be a concerted effort by the GOP to act like they've turned over a new leaf and are getting rid of the bad eggs.
Let's not fall for this for a nanosecond.
Let's not fall for this for a nanosecond.
Except he still handed it over to a Putin loyalist that wants to legalize Crimean occupation.
Money is the only language these people understand and Russian billionaires don't hesitate to cut a check to get what they want.
It's not just e-mails... it's very probably illegal campaign funds as well... at the very least.
I think Obama warned against this when Citizens United passed.
Illegal foreign donations that is.
At this point the inevitable X-Files reboot might as well have Russians as the invaders instead of extra-terrestrials
The whole GOP party is full of traitors and hypocrites. Lindsey graham better never open his goddamn mouth about russia again.
These motherfuckers are literally trying their damndest to sell us all down the river. It's incredible how fast they fucked us all.
These motherfuckers are literally trying their damndest to sell us all down the river. It's incredible how fast they fucked us all.
I have a hard time imagining a bright near future for USA. Even when Trump is gone, you're left with an alarming ammount of people who support him or people like him (aka racists, homophobes, anti science people, etc) and one of your two parties is completely and utterly evil, dumb and corrupt to a cartoonish degree.
Going to be interesting seeing gallows built on the white house lawn.
Well, at least I would like to see it happen.
Well, at least I would like to see it happen.
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You're assuming they wouldn't be set up for us the way shit is going
True, next Dem president is going to go crazy with them no doubt, especially once the full picture of their fuckery aided and abetted by the GOP is revealed. Hell, anything short of a hot war should be on the table.
Trump's base doesn't care. They LOVE the Russian dictator.
This.
There is no "low" for conservatives.
No matter how "good" they may seem. they're all the same monster.
They were only against the USSR because of communism.
Now Russia is the same type of corrupt oligarchy the US is heading toward and they've discovered they have a lot in common.
Trump in 2019... "If you vote for my opponent, you are voting for World War III. All of your children will die. Only I can keep America safe."
Putin in 2019... "Trump is correct. We will lay waste to the American empire if you vote for 'Not Hillary But Just As Bad'".
Nothing changes until Congress fears the American people more than it fears the rich, and that does not happen so long as we continue to view civil protest as our primary tool to resist this.
Some Republicans are reacting this way because of what they perceive as everyone else losing their minds obsessing over everything Russia so they are doing the opposite.
Those 11 Republicans who voted with Dems need to form a coalition to remove McConnell as Majority Leader and get a vote on a CR going.
He sure did. He also was a massive supporter of Ukraine and broke ranks with other republicans in wanting to send lethal arms to Ukraine