.MaddowBlog: GOP leaders have heard the questions about the party’s “Putin wing.” They apparently prefer to pretend it’s irrelevant. That probably won’t work.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s press conference on Friday covered a fair amount of ground, but there was one exchange of particular interest. A reporter asked specifically about the small House Republican contingent that’s bucking the party on Russia-related matters:
“Eight of your members voted against trade sanctions yesterday, 15 voted against oil sanctions last week. One of your members put out a Twitter thread on what she referred to as ‘NATO Nazis.’ Are you worried that a small group of vocal right-wing members with very large platforms are going to cloud the GOP’s otherwise overwhelming support for Ukraine?”There’s an old expression about the first step toward solving a problem is admitting you have a problem.
As a partisan matter, the minority leaders’ position makes obvious sense. If I worked in either of their offices, I’d advise them to say exactly what they have said.For one thing, if the Democratic Party had a loud contingent echoing Kremlin rhetoric and offering soundbites that are on frequent rotation in Russian state-controlled media, I have a hunch GOP leaders wouldn’t be content to dismiss them as “lonely” and irrelevant voices.Rep.
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