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A former CIA officer explains how a vast, pro-Putin corruption network uncovered in Europe is a warning sign for the U.S.

Democrats for years have warned about Russian influence in the Republican Party under Donald Trump. But now even some prominent GOP members of Congress are sounding the alarm.

“I think Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it’s infected a good chunk of my party’s base,” Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Puck’s Julia Ioffe last week. Representative Mike Turner, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, went further, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper a few days later, “We see directly coming from Russia attempts to mask communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor.”

Which Republicans might they be referring to? Representative Ken Buck didn’t hesitate to point a finger at Representative Marjorie Taylor Greenesaying on Monday, “Moscow Marjorie is focused now on this Ukraine issue and getting her talking points from the Kremlin and making sure that she is popular and she is getting a lot of coverage.”

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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's actually really shocking for me as a non-American who grew up during the cold war and remembers the shadow of nuclear annihilation hanging over my head, then watching the fall of the Berlin wall then the comparative peace of the latter part of the 90's where the future looked so bright that there is a real chance of senior American politicians being under the thumb of Russia.

It still kinda blows my mind that it might be true.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Might want to remove that, might be true. It is happening and has been happening. The entire GOP is a Russian asset.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah but do you remember all those russia loving communities during the cold war? In sweden I bet the green party was paid off (to stop nUcLeAr eNeRgY => dependence on russian gas & oil), now it's the racist party ofc.

We should really beef up monitoring how this "lobbying" is happening and crack down on it like a ton of bricks.