Sen. Ron Johnson: I am 'concerned' about Russian interference

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Ron Johnson on Sunday said that while he doesn't believe the Trump presidential campaign accepted help from Russia in 2016, he’s just as concerned as Democrats about Russian interference in U.S. elections.

Asked if he would welcome help from Russia in his campaign, Johnson flatly rejected the notion.

"I am every bit as concerned about Russian interference as any Democratic senator," the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

While he doesn't believe there's evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia, the Wisconsin Republican said he wasn't surprised that Russia was "interfering in our elections through social media" because it's "hard to really police."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sen-ron-johnson-i-am-concerned-about-russian-interference/ar-BBWnkRT?li=BBnbfcL

[greyl]

1. That's why he was in Moscow on July 4th, I suppose.

Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4


“What does July 4th mean to me? Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day.

For the Wisconsin Republican, it meant, specifically, the freedom to spend July 4 in Moscow with seven other Republican lawmakers posing for propaganda photos with Russian officials. On the same day it was reported in Britain that two more people had been poisoned by a Russian nerve agent British officials say came from Vladimir Putin’s regime. On the day after the Senate Intelligence Committee affirmed the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the election to help Donald Trump.

Johnson and his colleagues apparently exercised their freedom not to meet with opposition or civil society figures (those whom the Putin regime has not imprisoned or killed), avoiding the risk of offending their hosts. They also exercised their freedom to soft-pedal their criticism of the Russian government, leading Russian politicians and state media to mock them as supplicants.

Yet despite this lavish display of the freedom to kowtow, they didn’t get the meeting they hoped for with Putin himself. He was busy, the Kremlin said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eight-republicans-spent-july-4-in-russia-where-are-the-fireworks/2018/07/06/beae30be-812e-11e8-b658-4f4d2a1aeef1_story.html

[CentralMass]

3. Thank you for pointing that out.

[scrutineer]

4. July 4, when dittoheads and Maga morons complain about NPR tweeting the Declaration of Independence

because of its socialist agenda

[keithbvadu2]

2. Concerned that the Russians might be limited in helping republicans again?

Concerned that the Russians might be limited in helping republicans again?

[Botany]

5. Russ Feingold was @ 90% chance of winning

And if it wasn't for Russian help he would have won.