The Specter of 2016 - by Timothy Snyder - Thinking about...
Discovered: Feb 12, 2023 12:35 The Specter of 2016 - by Timothy Snyder - Thinking about… <– nothing to add, read the whole thing! –> QUOTE: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had an inkling, back then, that something was wrong with Trump and Russia. He expressed his view that June that Donald Trump was the Republican most likely to be taking money from Vladimir Putin. This showed a fine political instinct, sadly unmatched by any ethical follow-through. McCarthy did not share his suspicion with his constituents, nor do anything to follow through. He made the remark it in a conversation with other Republican House members, who did not disagree with him, and who apparently came to the conclusion the the risk of an embarrassment to their party was more important than American national security. Republicans in the Senate, sadly, took a similar view.