In 2018, a group of Republican legislators made a visit to Russia that coincided with the Fourth of July. However, to imply this action was unpatriotic is a misrepresentation of the facts. The group was on a diplomatic mission to warn Russia against meddling in the 2018 midterm election. There's talk going around Resistance circles that when seven U.S. lawmakers, all Republicans, met with top Russian officials in Moscow over the Fourth of July recess, they didn't even bring up A group of GOP lawmakers spent July 4 in Moscow after several days of meetings with Russian officials, according to NPR. The group, which included seven Republican senators and one House While the Republicans were toasting autocrats and jabberwocks in Russia, on the Fourth of July, the Optics Police were very busy checking out how liberals on Martha’s Vineyard for refusing to If you enjoyed time away from home/work/news last week, maybe you missed reports of the Congressional Delegation that visited Russia over the Independence Day holiday. The visit by seven Senate Republicans and one Republican from the House of Representatives included Wisconsin’s Senior Senator The senators who posted Fourth of July messages on social media while still in Moscow took some of the sharpest criticism, some of which highlighted that while they met with Kremlin-connected Russian news agency TASS said that the delegation would stay in Moscow through July 5, causing many to question the authenticity of Daines’ tweets and photos that said he was enjoying Fourth of July fireworks at the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday evening. Republican Sens. Richard Shelby (Ala.), Steve Daines (Montana), John Hoeven (N. Dakota), John Kennedy (La.), Jerry Moran (Kans.) and John Thune (S. Dakota) were also criticized for their participation in meetings with Russia on July 4. Eight Republican members of Congress -- seven senators and one House member -- traveled to Moscow ahead of the July 4th holiday, sounding a "conciliatory tone," even as their colleagues released a Seven Republican senators and one GOP congresswoman have been in Russia, meeting with Russian officials, since June 30. On Tuesday, they sat down with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. Seven senators — John Kennedy (R-LA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), John Thune (R-SD), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) — and one House member, Kay Granger (R-TX), are all in Moscow over the Fourth of July holiday this week for talks with Russian lawmakers and officials, according to reporting It was right around this time that seven Republican members of Congress -- six senators and one House member -- were in Moscow. Making matters much worse, however, is what the GOP lawmakers had Posted July 9, 2018 at 2:29pm One of the Republican senators back from a trip to Moscow is suggesting that Congress went too far in punishing Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential A group of Republican senators visited Moscow to deliver a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin not to meddle in midterm elections. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Sen. Jerry Moran IN 2018, EIGHT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS celebrated the Fourth of July in Moscow, Russia: Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, who led the delegation, along with Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana, Steve Daines of Montana, North Dakota’s John Hoeven, Jerry Moran of Kansas, South Dakota’s John Thune, and Rep. Kay Granger of the 12th District of Texas. Inside a controversial mission to Moscow. A top Republican senator shocked his colleagues when he suggested, after returning from a trip to Moscow with fellow GOP lawmakers, that U.S. sanctions Republican senators didn’t actually spend all of July 4th in Moscow—they split their time between the Russian headquarters and the US sales office. No Democrats were included on this trip. 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 In 2018, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson visited Moscow, Russia with a group of seven other members of Congress on the Fourth of July. During the visit, the group warned Russia to not interfere with the U.S. 2018 midterm elections. Election interference was the main topic the lawmakers discussed with top Russian officials. There's talk going around Resistance circles that when seven U.S. lawmakers, all Republicans, met with top Russian officials in Moscow over the Fourth of July recess, they didn't even bring up
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