GOP Congressman Stands By Accusation Some Fellow Members Have Been Compromised
Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee said on a right-wing podcast in December that blackmail would explain some of his colleagues’ votes.
“I’m convinced there are two people Putin pays; Rorabacher and Trump.” - future Speaker of the house Kevin McCarthy in 2016
“Shhh! STFU!” - then-current Speaker of the House Paul Ryan
Does the person blackmailing them have a name very similar to a popular Canadian dish made with french fries?
I think it's funny that both Trump and Putin have names that are euphemisms for farting
Btw, I know it's recognized as a Canadian dish, and Canada likes to flex it, but just wanted to say in passing, it's a Quebec dish!
Unlikely, this is more of the domestic and close ally variety e.g. Epstein's handlers/killers, or of that same caliber. The kind of people who can waive off, or prevent, an FBI counterintelligence operation from getting in the way...
Until lobbying is eliminated and campaign finance severely overhauled, assume they're all compromised. It's just a matter of who they're bought and paid for.
US: We could easily destroy Russia in traditional warfare, we have the best weapons, we will never stop fighting them
Russia: Here’s a suitcase full of money
US: Oh, I love those! Never mind, do whatever you want
For many of these politicians, based on their actions, they're compromised, evil, stupid or insane. Quite possibly all the above.
Spit it out then Mr Burchett! Didn't you take an oath to protect the country?
Only from progress
Given how little money it takes to sway the politicians votes I'm amazed it has taken this long
I'm still all for crowd funding the buying of politicians votes at this point. The politician will think it's some private benefactor or multinational patrolling them.
some fellow members have been compromised.
You don't say?!
Well, who are they?
“Absolutely. And other powers. It doesn’t have to be foreign powers.”
NSA has entered the chat.
I trust the NSA a lot more than, for example, the Koch brothers, or some nameless billionaire none of us have heard of.
I rich dick can do more damage than a bunch of government employees. Giant conspiracies just don’t exist.
The Koch bros do fund some decent pbs shows.
I wonder when Putin will release the videos he has on Trump ;-)
The video can be used against his children. So I doubt it will go out any time soon.
Never. Putin doesn't need the videos he has on Trump. Trump isn't a victim of kompromat; he's a fanboi. He's betraying American democracy and doing Putin's bidding simply because he wants to, not because he's being coerced to!