HOUSE MINORITY LEADER CALLS BIDEN "WEAK" ON VLADIMIR PUTIN AND RUSSIA

 

Leader McCarthy and former President Donald Trump

Saturday morning House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called President Biden "weak" on Russia and Vladimir Putin.

McCarthy cited as proof of Biden's weakness a list the President put out of targets he declared "off limits" to Russian hackers.

McCarthy contends that no list is needed, but that ALL entities in the U.S. should be off limits to the Russians.

I don't disagree.

I don't want Vladimir or any of his cyber bullies hacking my laptop.

Biden's warning to the Russkies should have been more strongly worded.  

Yet, one can't help but find McCarthy's warning a bit hollow in view of his strong support of Mr. Donald Trump, easily the most Russian-accommodating President in U.S. history.

Vladimir and Donald

To refresh McCarthy's recollection,  we could ask him to recall when Trump took Vladimir's word over the composite reporting of all of U.S. Intelligence that Russia had not meddled in our elections:

“They (U.S. Intelligence) said they think it’s Russia,” Mr. Trump said. “I have President Putin; he just said it’s not Russia,” the president continued, only moments after Mr. Putin conceded that he had wanted Mr. Trump to win the election because of his promises of warmer relations with Moscow.

“I will say this: I don’t see any reason why it would be” Russia that was responsible for the election hacking, Mr. Trump added. 

“President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.”

Or, Kevin, if we still have your ear, do you recall when President Trump, fresh off a meeting with the Israel, blabbed like a schoolgirl classified details of a planned operation to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.  

Later, when word of the President's gaffe leaked out, Trump told reporters that he had an "absolute right" to share "intelligence" with the Russians.

There are many other examples of Trump's unexplainable deference to the Russians, but I doubt Kevin McCarthy is listening.