Sunday, September 11, 2016

Trump Is Helping Turn the Party of Reagan Into the Party of Putin: Republicans, Once Again, Rush to Defend Russia’s Leader

After telling a room full of military veterans during NBC News’ “Commander-in-Chief Forum” that their current Commander-in-Chief is a weaker leader than Russian President Vladmir Putin, citing the dictator’s high approval rating, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared on the Kremlin-funded news outlet Russia Today to defend the former KGB officer from allegations of hacking into the Democratic National Committee — and now many of his most prominent campaign surrogates are following suit.

“I think it’s probably unlikely,” Trump told RT America’s Larry King on Thursday, suggesting that “maybe the Democrats are putting that out — who knows?” Putin has called the hack of Democratic officials’ email accounts a “public service” but has denied Russian involvement....
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/trump-helping-turn-party-reagan-party-putin-republicans-once-again-rush-defend-russias


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