Apparently, Republicans have concluded that Russia is, after all, delighted by a dysfunctional US political system.
Quote:As impeachment proceedings loom over President Donald Trump, some observers have speculated that Russia, actively enjoying sowing chaos in the United States, is delighted by the dysfunction tearing apart the U.S. government. Nineteen Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee signed a joint letter to the Wall Street Journal that was published on the paper’s op-ed page last month with the headline, “Impeachment Is What Vladimir Putin Wants.” The GOP members of Congress wrote, “His goal, now and before the 2016 election, has been to pit Americans against one another and erode confidence in our democratic process.”
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Quote:Intentional or not, Democrats are literally following the Russian president’s playbook. His goal, now and before the 2016 election, has been to pit Americans against one another and erode confidence in our democratic process. The world, which should focus on Mr. Putin’s illegitimate annexation of Crimea and continuing aggression elsewhere in Ukraine, instead is fixated on this partisan domestic theater.
At this point, we note how vociferous the Republican president has spoken out about Putin's behavior in Crimea, the Ukraine and elsewhere AND the manipulation of US domestic affairs through fomenting dissent and bringing the system into disrepute. We also note how strenuously the GOP has been in carrying forward loud and stolid criticisms of a similar nature.
And we could even point out, I suppose, how all the above is a rather perfect example of accusing the opponent of exactly what you yourself have been doing. And let's add the addendum that the GOP has now pretty much totally adopted Trump's style of political misinformation.
