Just about the time you think that the Trump-Putin wing of the GOP would run out of gas something else pops-up from MAGA World.
Seriously, it's like bad fungus sprouting overnight on a rotten stump.
I’m
further, I think, than he (Trump) is on the issue of NATO. He demanded
that the partners pay their share. I would withdraw us from NATO. It’s a
Cold War relic. Our involvement should have ceased when the [Berlin]
wall fell and the Soviet Union collapsed.
-Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)
Just like Donald Trump, Massie is a fond admirer and supporter of Vladimir Putin.
Consider this:
He was the
sole congressional vote against condemning Putin's annexation of Crimea.
In Massie's view that we should withdraw from NATO.
He also wants us to withdraw from the
United Nations.
Massie's
refusal to support nations defending themselves against Russian invaders does
not reflect a pacifist viewpoint.
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He has expressed dismay at the terrible
persecution of Marina Butina.
A couple of weeks ago the House voted to pass a bill denouncing rising antisemitism. Massie was the only lawmaker to vote against it. It's pretty unusual for a lawmaker to vote no on a noncontroversial, nonbinding resolution. Oh, I forgot. He is also an anti-Israel holocaust denier.
Hatred-aside, he's just an anti-democracy malcontent. He refused to support a Congressional commendation for the law enforcement officers who protected his life, and refusing
to vote for a measure reaffirming commitment to a peaceful transfer of
power.
When you peel the onion the
Trump-Putin caucus is fundamentally an anti-democracy caucus. It is a
pro-authoritarian caucus. Calling these people
"isolationist" is missing the point entirely. It is a pro-Putin caucus.
How some elements of the Republican Party devolved to this level sure has me flummoxed. They actually admire and support Soviet war criminals who commit barbaric acts of rape, torture and murder upon civilian noncombatants.
How did these sociopaths get so nutty in my lifetime?
It sure isn't the Party of Reagan any longer...
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If it makes you feel better you can watch him be made an ass by John Kerry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DSi2gzIkHM
ReplyDeleteYou need to lay off the weed, man.
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time the pejorative RINO was invoked to refer to people who weren’t Reagan conservatives. Now it refers to people who are. Thinking conservatives are now disdained in favor of the latest outraged flavor of the day. Massie is a loudmouth dickhead.
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly, I do not demonstrate sufficient fealty and obeisance to the Orange Man Child. I'll enjoy my exile and keep my fingers crossed that the fever breaks during my lifetime.