.@SteveDaines @SenShelby @RepKayGranger @SenJohnKennedy @JerryMoran @SenJohnHoeven @SenJohnThune in Moscow spending July 4th after secret meets and a visit to a live session in State Duma. What they all have in common is zero mention on their Twitter accounts of their visit!
The only mention of their visit is the propaganda coming out of the Russians. And trust me they are using their visit as the biggest propaganda
A few of them did tweet but absolutely no mention of where they are or what they are up to.
And if their staff members posted the tweets on their accounts then why no mention prior to visit? How could they meet w Nikonov a former aide to Putin who bragged last year that American spies slept while the Russians helped elect Trump and whose grandfather worked for Stalin
Thread on Nikonov from last Sept
These Republicans also met w Konstantin Kosachev who is under sanctions and more importantly was mentioned in the Steele Dossier of meeting with Michael Cohen during summer 2016 to discuss Russia’s help in election interference. Both have denied the charges
“Since the Democrats actively accuse the Republicans of selling out to the Russians, it would naturally be strange if Democrats here were part of the group,” Nikonov statement on why no Democrats came on the trip
