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NRA claims infamous 2015 Moscow trip wasn't official
https://thenewsblender.com/2019/01/nra-claims-infamous-2015-moscow-trip-wasnt-official/
ABC obtained emails between the NRA and Butina that reveal that Nicholas Perrine, an NRA employee, assisted Butina in planning the trip. In addition, other emails detail that the NRA provided formal gifts for the delegation to give to their hosts in Moscow. Furthermore, the emails indicate that the NRA planned on paying for the travel costs for two members of the group.
Nick Perrine's wife:
..a former staffer of House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy.
10/05/20 "During a segment on Fox News on Monday, Trump campaign communications director Erin Perrine said President Trump battling coronavirus is among a set of attributes that former Vice President Joe Biden doesn’t have. "
Why would the NRA associate itself with Russia? Isn't Russia a country "under the thumb" of aggressor against Ukraine, Vlad Putin?
November 12, 2020 :
nitter.nixnet.services
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2020
"..now more closely resembles ruling parties in autocratic societies than its former centre-right equivalents in Europe, according to a new international study.
...
The shift has both led to and been driven by the rise of Donald Trump.
...The study, .. shows the party has followed a similar trajectory to Fidesz, which under Viktor Orbán has evolved from a liberal youth movement into an authoritarian party that has made Hungary the first non-democracy in the European Union.
India’s ..(BJP) has been transformed in similar ways under Narendra Modi, as has the .. (AKP) in Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Law and Justice party in Poland. Trump and his administration have sought to cultivate close ties to the leadership of those countries.
..has remained relatively committed to pluralism, but it has gone a long way towards abandoning other democratic norms, becoming much more prone to disrespecting opponents and encouraging violence.
“We’ve seen similar shifts in parties in other countries where the quality of democracy has declined in recent years, where democracy has been eroding,” Lührmann said. “It fits very well into the pattern of parties that erode democracy once they’re in power.”
“The demonisation of opponents – that’s clearly a factor that has shifted a lot when it comes to the Republican party, as well as the encouragement of political violence,” ..
“We have several quotes from Trump, that show how he has encouraged supporters to use violence against either journalists or politica opponents.”
In western Europe, centre-right parties ...have stuck to their commitment to democratic norms. By the same measure, Britain’s Conservative party has moved some way along the liberal-illiberal spectrum but not to the Republicans’ extremes.
“The data shows that the Republican party in 2018 was far more illiberal than almost all other governing parties in democracies,” the V-Dem study found. ...”
Obama :
"They appear to be motivated-- in part because-- the president doesn't like to lose and-- never admits loss," Mr. Obama said. "I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this fashion. It is one more step in delegitimizing not just the incoming Biden administration, but democracy generally. And that's a dangerous path."
ABC obtained emails between the NRA and Butina that reveal that Nicholas Perrine, an NRA employee, assisted Butina in planning the trip. In addition, other emails detail that the NRA provided formal gifts for the delegation to give to their hosts in Moscow. Furthermore, the emails indicate that the NRA planned on paying for the travel costs for two members of the group.
Nick Perrine's wife:
..a former staffer of House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy.
MSN
www.msn.com
Why would the NRA associate itself with Russia? Isn't Russia a country "under the thumb" of aggressor against Ukraine, Vlad Putin?
November 12, 2020 :
Anna Lührmann (@AnnaLuehrmann)
Grüne Direktkandidatin zur Bundestagswahl Rheingau-Taunus-Limburg * Assistant Professor @goteborgsuni * Ehem. MdB @GrueneBundestag
nitter.nixnet.services
Republicans closely resemble autocratic parties in Hungary and Turkey – study
Swedish university finds ‘dramatic shift’ in GOP under Trump, shunning democratic norms and encouraging violence
www.theguardian.com
"..now more closely resembles ruling parties in autocratic societies than its former centre-right equivalents in Europe, according to a new international study.
...
The shift has both led to and been driven by the rise of Donald Trump.
...The study, .. shows the party has followed a similar trajectory to Fidesz, which under Viktor Orbán has evolved from a liberal youth movement into an authoritarian party that has made Hungary the first non-democracy in the European Union.
India’s ..(BJP) has been transformed in similar ways under Narendra Modi, as has the .. (AKP) in Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Law and Justice party in Poland. Trump and his administration have sought to cultivate close ties to the leadership of those countries.
..has remained relatively committed to pluralism, but it has gone a long way towards abandoning other democratic norms, becoming much more prone to disrespecting opponents and encouraging violence.
“We’ve seen similar shifts in parties in other countries where the quality of democracy has declined in recent years, where democracy has been eroding,” Lührmann said. “It fits very well into the pattern of parties that erode democracy once they’re in power.”
“The demonisation of opponents – that’s clearly a factor that has shifted a lot when it comes to the Republican party, as well as the encouragement of political violence,” ..
“We have several quotes from Trump, that show how he has encouraged supporters to use violence against either journalists or politica opponents.”
In western Europe, centre-right parties ...have stuck to their commitment to democratic norms. By the same measure, Britain’s Conservative party has moved some way along the liberal-illiberal spectrum but not to the Republicans’ extremes.
“The data shows that the Republican party in 2018 was far more illiberal than almost all other governing parties in democracies,” the V-Dem study found. ...”
MSN
www.msn.com
"They appear to be motivated-- in part because-- the president doesn't like to lose and-- never admits loss," Mr. Obama said. "I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this fashion. It is one more step in delegitimizing not just the incoming Biden administration, but democracy generally. And that's a dangerous path."
