RUSSIA/РОССИЯ THREAD—ASSANGE CHRGD W/ SPYING—DJT IMPEACHED TWICE-US TREASURY SANCTS KILIMNIK AS RUSSIAN AGNT

[PoorAndDangerous]

he's dodged every russia vote since then and this was before the election.

At best he's still 1 for 5 (or 6).

Don't dress this shyt up as some sort of win. He had to be DRAGGED to admit the role of Russian supporting his campaign and he later told Ari Melber that he knew the Russians were behind the hacks and leaks but didn't do enough to speak against it.

So why the fukk would a Russian asset vote for a more robust Magnitsky act? You're a fukking idiot..

Was Bernie's vote necessary for today?

If he showed up would it have made any difference? Just trying to figure out who would have been the difference makers on this

No it wouldn't have.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Was Bernie's vote necessary for today?

If he showed up would it have made any difference? Just trying to figure out who would have been the difference makers on this

No.
They needed 60 votes and if he voted they would’ve still been short

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Every senator votes based on how every other senator is voting.

Yeah tell that to Joe Liberman

Ok...Bernie is sus for this

This is definitely funny if his vote could have made a difference

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Was Bernie's vote necessary for today?

If he showed up would it have made any difference? Just trying to figure out who would have been the difference makers on this

Necessary? I dunno. But given the severity of the issue, it does look suspicious that he wasn't there at all.

 

[Black Panther]

His vote wouldn't have made a difference, but optics matter.

Bernie f*cking up

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

His vote wouldn't have made a difference, but optics matter.

Bernie f*cking up

Of course optics matter. Bernie Sanders has spent his entire career introducing political legislation that only is done for the sake of political optics. None of what he ever proposes has any chance of ever becoming a law. Performative bills are the foundation of his entire legislative career

 

[Jhoon]

His vote wouldn't have made a difference, but optics matter.

Bernie f*cking up

If this was about optics Bernie wouldn’t have run in 2016.

Where was the talk of optics when she was running a master class?

 

[jj23]

I can't see why they would do this unless it's that

What the fukk else could it be?



Edit:

Americans need to note that the Trump administration is fighting harder for Russian Oligarchs to get their money than federal workers, and note it well.

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

S.284 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act


So do you care to explain why Bernie voted for an even more robust version of the Magnitsky act in 2015?


Sometimes you're just as bad as right wing conspiracy theorists.

breh, this was a fukking voice vote... you know what that means? they didn't even record actual votes because everyone knew it was going to pass...that's the kind of vote that's reserved for utterly non controversial shyt like "bill XYZ designating ronald reagans boyhood home as a historic place"...

the fact taht people are trying to give him credit for voting "for" sanctions in this instance is laughable

 

[Black Panther]

If this was about optics Bernie wouldn’t have run in 2016.

Optics matter ≠ this is all about optics

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Americans need to note that the Trump administration is fighting harder for Russian Oligarchs to get their money than federal workers, and note it well.

:gucci_cheers:

 

[Jhoon]

Americans need to note that the Trump administration is fighting harder for Russian Oligarchs to get their money than federal workers, and note it well.

He’s serving his constituents.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

He’s serving his constituents.

 

[THE MACHINE]

Bernie

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Oh and weeks after avoiding addressing that sexual abuse shyt. He springs the fact he’s dodging the vote barely 48 hours ahead of time.

This shyt isn’t fooling me.

Read this article about the meeting he had and it was a complete shyt show.

Sanders Meets With Former Staff Members, Seeking to Quell Anxiety Over Sexism

Mr. Sanders skipped an important Senate vote on Russia sanctions to attend the meeting around noontime. He was the only senator not to appear as Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution to prevent the Trump administration from easing sanctions on a Russian oligarch. The measure, which required 60 votes to proceed, was defeated, 57 to 42, and his vote would not have affected the outcome.

There were some signs of trouble even before the meeting began. Some attendees were upset that the draft of the agenda did not directly address specific allegations of mistreatment of women, or say which top Sanders aides would attend. Several women said the travel logistics were poorly handled, with some saying they were not invited until 48 hours before the daylong meeting was scheduled to begin.
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