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Russia is now singling out Trump's political enemies for their 'sanctions' [1]

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Date: 2023-05-21

For anyone who ever doubted the symbiotic, mutually beneficial relationship between Donald Trump and Russia, well, those doubts should now be put to rest. Asked for an explanation, the Russian Foreign Ministry effectively gave away the game.

The Russian Foreign Ministry offered no specific explanation for why they would be included on the list but did say that among its targets were “those in government and law enforcement agencies who are directly involved in the persecution of dissidents in the wake of the so-called storming of the Capitol.”

Except neither Ms. James, Mr. Raffensperger, nor Lt. Byrd ever “persecuted” the Jan. 6 seditionists. James is prosecuting Trump’s crimes in New York, Raffensperger simply found himself in Trump’s crosshairs for declining to rig the 2020 election, and Mr. Byrd was simply doing his sworn duty defending the Capitol and the U.S. Congress when he shot Babbitt. The list also includes Delaware attorney general Kathy Jennings, who sharply criticized Trump’s and Republicans’ attempts to “sabotage” the 2020 elections, and Wisconsin attorney general Josh Kaul, who backed a federal probe into Republicans’ “phony electors” plot in that state.

The only thread of commonality here is that all of these people have drawn the ire of the American right-wing, the Republican party, and Donald Trump himself for thwarting the ambitions of … Donald Trump.

The same Donald Trump who very recently telegraphed that he’d pull the rug out from under Ukraine if he managed to get himself elected again. The same Donald Trump who was impeached for trying to extort invented political dirt from Ukraine in order to get himself elected again. The same Donald Trump who eagerly solicited and accepted assistance from Russia to get himself elected in the first place, back in 2016.

And the same Donald Trump who incited the insurrection against the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Really, you couldn’t draw a clearer picture between Russia and Trump if you tried. Now, thanks to his pal Vladimir Putin, you don’t have to.

Can we please put this traitor behind bars now?

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