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[BullNBear52]

trump knows he can't go along with the democrat fantasy that he was not rightfully elected has president.

Hey bright boy we already conceded he won. His ego problems about the win are not my F'ing problem. I suggest you both get help.

[BOREALIS]

Republicans Rebuke Trump for Siding With Putin as Democrats Demand Action

Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, said that “the Russians are not our friends,” after President Trump’s joint news conference on Monday with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos and Thomas Kaplan
July 16, 2018

WASHINGTON — For nearly two years, Republicans have watched uncomfortably, and often in silence, as President Trump has swatted away accusations that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential race, attacked his own intelligence agencies and flattered President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

On Monday, even for members of his own party, Mr. Trump apparently went too far.

The president’s extraordinary news conference with Mr. Putin in Helsinki, Finland, stunned Republicans across the ideological spectrum and the party’s political apparatus, leaving them struggling to respond after the president undermined his national intelligence director, blamed both the United States and Russia for poor relations between the two countries and seemingly agreed to Mr. Putin’s suggestion that Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, cooperate with Russia.

Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, declared, “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant.”

Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and Trump adviser, declared the news conference “the most serious mistake of his presidency.”

Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and current Senate candidate from Utah, called it “disgraceful and detrimental to our democratic principles.”

The effect extended far beyond official Washington. One local official — Chris Gagin, the chairman of the Republican Party in Belmont County, Ohio — resigned his post, announcing on Twitter that he “did so as a matter of conscience, and my sense of duty.” Neil Cavuto, a Fox Business Network host, called Mr. Trump’s performance “disgusting,” adding, “I’m sorry, it’s the only way I feel. It’s not a right or left thing to me, it’s just wrong.”

Yet no Republican in Congress pledged any particular action to punish Mr. Trump, such as holding up his nominees or delaying legislation, nor did any Republican promise hearings or increased oversight.

It was left to Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, to demand actual action. He called for increased sanctions on Russia; for Mr. Trump’s national security team to testify before Congress; for defense of the Department of Justice and other intelligence agencies; and for Mr. Trump to press Mr. Putin to extradite the 12 Russian intelligence agents who were indicted Friday.

“In the entire history of our country, Americans have never seen a president of the United States support an adversary the way President Trump has supported President Putin,” Mr. Schumer said.

He added: “A single, ominous question now hangs over the White House: What could possibly cause President Trump to put the interests of Russia over those of the United States? Millions of Americans will continue to wonder. The only possible explanation for this dangerous behavior is the possibility that President Putin holds damaging information over President Trump.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/us/politics/republicans-trump-putin.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region%C2%AEion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

[DesertDrifter]

[sortagreen]

" democrat fantasy that he was not rightfully elected as president"

Got news for you traitor bitch... He wasn't. He had tens of millions of rubles funneled into his campaign, he had the democratic party's campaign apparatus hacked and sabotaged, and he had between 20 and 40 different state election systems compromised.

He's Putin's cuck for a reason, bitch.