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Republicans Are Knowingly Using Putin’s Talking Points to Defend Trump (Rolling Stone).
This is what bothers me the most about this situation. It's not that the GOP leaders (and DP posters) are "useful idiots" - the terminology of the KGB/FSB - It's that they are willing participants. They are actively promoting Russian disinformation, knowing its source.
There is a word for that.
American intelligence officials have briefed senators and their aides on this very issue in recent weeks.
But the success of the Russian smear campaign was evident in the impeachment inquiry hearings where Republicans, led by Rep. Devin Nunes, and backed up by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, were clearly ignoring intelligence officials’ warnings and pushing the conspiracy theories.
The throughline between Russian and Republican talking points is blatantly obvious. On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to push the notion of Ukrainian meddling. He even celebrated that US politicians were forwarding Russian talking points on the matter. “We see what is going on there in the US now. Thank God nobody is accusing us anymore of interfering in the US elections. Now they’re accusing Ukraine,” he said.
This is what bothers me the most about this situation. It's not that the GOP leaders (and DP posters) are "useful idiots" - the terminology of the KGB/FSB - It's that they are willing participants. They are actively promoting Russian disinformation, knowing its source.
There is a word for that.