This is not fine

This is not fine

by digby






Source: https://t.co/vkyhAa7sx1
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 6, 2018


#Russia's state TV:
Chairman of Foreign Affairs Comm Konstantin Kosachev, who is under U.S. sanctions, says that the mere fact of GOP lawmakers traveling to Russia is a concession, since the US previously pledged to isolate Russia for Crimea, etc., but they changed that position. pic.twitter.com/2m65detY42
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 4, 2018


#Russia's state TV:
"GOP lawmakers sounded tough on Russia when speaking from Washington, but changed their rhetoric upon arriving to Moscow."@SenJohnKennedy (LA)@SenShelby (AL) @SteveDaines (MT)@SenJohnHoeven (ND) @SenJohnThune (SD) @JerryMoran (KS)@RepKayGranger (TX) pic.twitter.com/k0D3Ujrufd
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 3, 2018


Predictably, the Russians are gloating over the fact that GOP lawmakers met with their Russian counterparts in a secret room.@SenJohnKennedy (LA)@SenShelby (AL) @SteveDaines (MT)@SenJohnHoeven (ND) @SenJohnThune (SD) @JerryMoran (KS)@RepKayGranger (TX)@SenRonJohnson (WI) pic.twitter.com/nlntbPpfyH
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 5, 2018



I'm not anti-Russia. I have no doubt that most Russians like people everywhere --- some good, some bad --- very human. As Trump says, "we're just people."

The Russian government is not benign and Putin is monstrous, however. And these Republican Senators are either fools or traitors.

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