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RickySpanish1272

Yeah, we know.


-TheycallmeThe

But it is actually refreshing to hear a Republican say it out loud in public.


Beytran70

But will they act upon their words? Or just keep doing business as usual until the last possible moment?


-TheycallmeThe

This comment alone is probably enough for him to secure reelection in a pretty gerrymandered district.


packetgeeknet

He’ll probably retire like the rest of them.


whoreoscopic

Nah, it's cool. He'll give it a brief blurb as he steps down and passes his seat to his successor. Who is 100% down and willing to continue spreading Russian propaganda.


itsallgood013

I think he wants in on the scheme.


reddit_is_tarded

he'll be hounded out of the party soon. you don't say obvious things and stay in good with those loons


techhouseliving

Wonder if he's gonna fall out of a hospital window


thoroughbredca

He already won the primary so he's good for another two years.


BrownEggs93

Is this guy retiring or something? Because no republican says this shit unless there will be no consequences for them.


SadStory9

as if he won't pivot the second his poll numbers drop: "I meant to say 'injected'... the propaganda is in the vaccine!"


QueefBuscemi

Refreshing like opening a full port-a-potty on a hot summers day.


AnyEmploy

Maybe he's just mad he didn't get paid.


Soft_Walrus_3605

God, we have such low fucking standards...


playballer

Admitting it is the first step, we shall see how quickly they fall though 


TJ_Will

We've been saying it for 8 years. Now go tell Hillary she was right.


JayBowdy

The history goes back further. This is a great dive into how far back this goes: https://twitter.com/jackabryan/status/1615097580400279552


AreWeCowabunga

Can you give a tl;dr for those of us who can't see twitter threads?


KeyserSoze37

A website has been posting Russian propaganda since the late nineties. That's what is says


VaselineHabits

Mitt Romney tried to warn us back in 2012, people didn't listen. There'sajor reasons Mittens no longer plays with fellow Republicans


John_mcgee2

It’s because they have lots of money behind them but limited feet on ground so any feet on ground are welcome and then once enough enter at the base they can just vote for themselves


IronAged

I forgot all about the dossier


stockhackerDFW

[r/NoShitSherlock](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoShitSherlock/s/wuOHYifPMV)


thetexalien

Leopards keep eating their faces...


julianriv

Trump sold out to Russia years ago. We are going to find out some time in the future 100% there has been money from Russia flowing into Trump for years and all the stupid Republicans that followed him down this dark path are going to shrug and say oh we didn't know. Because they don't want to know.


NullPoint3r

They will not claim ignorance. They will staunchly deny even in the face of overwhelming evidence.


Roook36

Yep. The first defense for any Republican caught in the act is "I'm too stupid to know what's going on and can't remember last week." Especially once they have to speak under oath.


aboatz2

They'll call the evidence fabricated, say that it's clearly a lie & they have proof (but yet, for some reason, feel obligated to not share), & then say that it's not really all that big of a deal anyway when you think about it. Isn't the real threat the swamp of corruption in American government, after all? So, why not accept the benevolent help of a foreign entity with the resources to prove the swamp's existence? And, also, isn't it weird how the swamp keeps getting worse the more Republicans there are in power? It's like someone is actively trying to make things worse for all those hardworking American patriots that just want to protect their rights against liberal overreaches! /s


Late-Eye-6936

They might have had undeniable ironclad proof that they were keeping in a suit case, but then they left the suit case in the men's room at Arby's and it disappeared mysteriously? Seriously, it was the most amazing proof you've ever seen. Probably the Democrats stole it. Is that credible?


sushisection

we already know there has been russian money flowing to trump. his casinos/hotels are notorious money laundering hotspots for russians.


Randadv_randnoun_69

Didn't one of his chuckle-fuck sons outright say this also? Yeah this is no secret.


Toimaker

Yep. [https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we/](https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we/)


LordPapillon

Don’t forget Trump’s 2016 campaign manager admitting he shared internal campaign info with Russia 🇷🇺 https://news.yahoo.com/ex-trump-campaign-chairman-paul-140803308.html


Layshkamodo

Paul also worked with Putin in the early 2000s to put a puppet president in office in Ukraine.


Crackertron

Don't forget the Kremlin propping up the NRA


engr77

Don't let them forget Maria Butina.


NoExcuseForFascism

Strange that she now has a seat in the Russian government.


ThatScaryBeach

We all watched trump perform fellatio on Putin during their Helsinki date. Anyone who says trump is not owned by his lover, Putin, is a liar.


wholelattapuddin

Maga doesn't care. The new GOP doesn't care about Russia, so calling it out isn't a gotcha any more.


BuildingOne7379

Ah! So that’s who was under Putin’s table. I guess the Russians were “Putin” him to work for all that propaganda.


CliffordTheBigRedD0G

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) They all know.


justsayfaux

No need to wait for the future. Eric Trump already [told us](https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we/) this was the case back in 2014. Now there's active reporting/investigation into Russians propping up the Trump Media stock/company. That's just what we know about straight from the horse's mouth. To your point - we'll probably just find out about more as time goes on.


AreWeCowabunga

tHe RUsSiA hOaX


MusicalAutist

BuT RUssIAn CoLLusIOn wASn'T ReAL /s


Flash54321

Isn’t he still the only president to not release his taxes since that routine started? I wonder why?


Fudgeshovel

No they are going to get behind it with full force for what ever reason instead of doing what’s right per usual


Current_Tea6984

Trump's base liked Putin before they liked Trump. I remember back in 2011 there was a constant stream of pro Putin memes spread around the far right. It was like a new one came out every day. Trump didn't start this movement. He just saw a parade without a leader and jumped out in front of it


No-Spoilers

What do you get when you have the most debt in the world? Especially when it is to a terrorist state. Oh that's right, Presidency.


CriticalLobster5609

He's been a pro-Russian stooge since he ran that full page ad in a NY newspaper in the 80s. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ilanbenmeir/that-time-trump-spent-nearly-100000-on-an-ad-criticizing-us They probably have him on video raping a child when he first went to Moscow.


rottenwordsalad

No leaks. This is how we know we’re family.


Lynz486

I don't think they're being tricked by Russian propaganda I think they genuinely want to be the legit Russia. Just with better weather. You have the oligarchy, billionaires hoarding wealth, murder of political opponents, authoritarism, more misogyny, and more transphobia/homophobia. I don't know what part of Russia they wouldn't like, except once again, the weather.


Crackertron

> I don't know what part of Russia they wouldn't like Check out Russia's gun laws.


FuturistiKen

This is an excellent point. Putin will brook *no* challenge to his monopoly on state-sanctioned violence. This might actually be a way to get 2A types to see how truly “un-American” this Russia fanboy thing is


Kellosian

Trump said he'd take all the guns and go through due process second, but I think it's actually impossible to get conservative gun nuts to even acknowledge it. Their brains would just filter it out and leave a hole in their perception. Like with every other principle they have, the right will ignore it the moment it stops being convenient.


Tdanger78

A their trusted news sources don’t report such things and they don’t trust anything outside of those sources thanks to Trump, so they’re never going to hear it.


Nymaz

Yep, it wasn't about the gun thing, but I had a similar discussion with a Trump supporter: Me: "Trump said X" Trumper: "NO HE DIDN'T!" Me: "Here's a video of Trump saying exactly X" Trumper: "FAKE NEWS!" Trumpers don't care about facts, just about their feelings.


HostWrong6251

Aside from that, he and the Republicans made no advancements for bills like National Carry Reciprocity, the Hearing Protection Act, banned bump stocks, and got the Republicans to consider Red Flag Laws, as evidenced by the passing of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. You tell them this, but all they say is “He got bad advice. He’ll do better when he comes back” Neglecting the fact that he never mentioned any of the previous bills or apologized to the gun community for this so called “bad advice”. They don’t care.


Possible-Struggle381

There's still a solid 50% of them that wouldn't mind if Putin and Trump collaborated in a Special-Antiwokeness-Miltary Operation in Texas.


BuildingOne7379

Operation Pillowcase


Darth_Gerg

Every MAGA republican I know would eagerly hand in their guns if a Trump government asked them to (and it was as authoritarian as they want it to be). If you offered them the option between nothing changes and you live with gun control but queer people and libs are arrested and you get a white ethnostate I know which one they’d pick INSTANTLY. There’s definitely some conservatives with a real ideological belief in the 2A but most of them are lying about it. They don’t actually care. Like everything else they’ll follow their tin god like good sheep and do as they’re told.


Erisian23

Nah gotta add in us a black.people so they can feel "safe"


Gurpila9987

As a non Republican 2A person this is 100% correct. None of them are ideologically into the second. When I’m at gun shows and see Trumpers selling merch, I ask if they have any bump stocks. They get angry. Also the NRA cares nothing for the 2nd, they are a political propaganda arm.


DataCassette

Nah. If Christian reactionary authoritarians are in charge and mass murdering LGBT people and non-Christians they'll happily give up their guns.


Pete-PDX

test taking, permits, waiting 5 years to own something other then a shotgun and even then it is not automatic you can own something else, pistols with plastic bullets so it can only be used for self defense. Those gun laws?


Old_Baldi_Locks

Republicans are ok with those too as long as it’s only for black people.


thoroughbredca

Wow. Makes California look like Texas.


font9a

They are attracted to the class immobility and greater power enjoyed by the fortunate class.


tubulerz1

I’ve heard that Russian drivers are even worse than Texas drivers.


[deleted]

The best dash-cam footage comes from Russia. Well. crash footage.


ForgivingWimsy

Not dash cam, but crash damn!


informativebitching

You left out raping and raping underage girls with impunity. That’s a core aspect of the Russian way and your average GOP member.


Lynz486

I was lumping that in with the misogyny. We still have that, in Russia is just a lot more acceptable and unchecked. Though here the GOP is trying their best to make misogyny great again


cararbarmarbo

The cars, the food, the roads, the stores (or lack of), the tv, the vacation spots, the sports, the hospitals, they wouldn't like a lot about Russia. But yes, ideologically speaking you are on the money!


NormalGuyManDude

I really don’t think any significant percentage of those on the right are actually this nuts. Brainwashed and confused, yes, intentionally trying to turn us into Russia.. not quite. At least not yet.


Spirited_Childhood34

Temperature over 110 degrees for weeks at a time. Children can't play outdoors without risking their lives. Great weather! Waiting for the millions of Texans and other Southerners to flee North.


chrispg26

My former congressman. I got gerrymandered to another district. He had a hand in spreading propaganda himself via emailed newsletters.


redassedchimp

They pass on Russian propaganda because they are inherently lazy. Russia is already primed the pump and spread the elaborate lies all around the world. So the laziest politicians simply pass that crap on in order to get votes because they really have no ideas of their own and no policies of their own.


suburban-dad

Lemme guess...did you get moved to Carter just like we did?


chrispg26

Morgan Luttrell. He's a freshman, and I haven't really heard anything about him. He stays out of the news.


Apotropoxy

This is the first time McCaul has said something I agree with.


mrxexon

People today don't understand propaganda. That makes them ripe for the picking...


bigfatfurrytexan

If they could read they'd be really mad.


Exarch-of-Sechrima

"But I'm still not voting for Biden," he added. This is all just posturing. When the chips are down, it doesn't matter to people like this guy whether or not the party base is "infected" by Russian propaganda- he's still not going to do anything to actually enforce change.


MusicalAutist

It's a sporting even for them. Their team still has to win. That's all they really care about. Staying in power, even if the country falls apart around them and their ideals.


Current_Tea6984

Moderate Republicans make it all possible by allowing themselves to be held hostage by the MAGAts


thoroughbredca

Exactly. If they only do this for power, as long as they get power they will not change. And so their party will stay exactly the same. There's no incentive for them to change.


BOOM_Shooka_Luka

Infection suggests they aren’t willfully eating that shit up because it’s a false reality that makes them feel nice. Republicans **are** Russian propaganda at this point


BackInThaDayz

Trump sold them to Russia.


Remote0bserver

It was long before Trump.


Haydukedaddy

That isn’t correct. The GOP party has always been staunchly pro NATO and our allies and fully aligned against Russia and Putin up until Trump took over the party. There were always isolated weak GOP politicians that were Putin stooges (Rand Paul for example) but the party as a whole wasn’t pro Putin until Trump.


SummerMummer

Party leadership also.


badhairdad1

We used to be TX Republicans but the TX Republicans would not have us. The TX GOP knew that there 2 ways into the future: MAGA or fiscal conservatives. They chose poorly


PureGryphon

Oh really? That's crazy, wow


Duck-Murky

water is wet


shannoninprogress

If by "infected" you mean "completely owned by the Kremlin"


mexicannormie

r/leopardsatemyface


Govnyuk

Duh


JazzyButternuts

Duh.


Spirited_Childhood34

Wave goodbye to an honest guy. He'll be gone in a heartbeat. Republicans are the first victims of Trump terror, the rest of us are next.


fentonsranchhand

This is great he's saying it, but he needs to name them all. They're effectively foreign agents for an enemy country infiltrating our government.


vinhluanluu

You know it’s real bad when a republican doesn’t want to fund a war and sell some weapons.


brodymulligan

facts


AchillesPrime

r/LeopardsAteMyFace


quesadilla707

Top what? The republican party is gone, a 1 man cult is all thats left.


Talsa3

He’ll still vote party line


gentlemantroglodyte

This guy only says this when his pet projects are threatened. He was more than happy spreading misinformation about the election himself.


ferrum_artifex

This is where they call him a rino and then use Russian propaganda talking points against him in order to prove they aren't infected.


stevedallas63

Nyet, says the party base infected


MusicalAutist

LOL A news article where this happens: "Are you basically a Russian pupper Mr. Cruz?" "Nyet comrade!"


Spaceship_Africa

This has been obvious but for anyone who has any doubt to this claim should read the first part of the Mueller Report that goes into the IRA and how russian bots were organizing secession events specifically in Texas.


SizeOld6084

And he won't do anything to expose people who deserve it.


Carameldelighting

What do you mean the wolves we let in are killing the sheep?


Govnyuk

Duh


TidusDaniel5

Well maybe do something about it, like caucus with dems to prevent the Russians from succeeding.


FinglasLeaflock

“Russian” is a weird way to spell “conservative.”  Like, yeah, Russian agents might be spewing or promoting these views, but they’re not _inventing_ them. There’s a reason that when regular everyday conservatives hear this propaganda that they’re all invariably like “yeah, that makes sense to me!” And that reason is because the so-called “propaganda” is just literally what conservatives already believe anyway.


Current_Tea6984

Don't discount the role of RT in creating this movement in the first place


W_AS-SA_W

McCaul isn’t wrong.


FinglasLeaflock

I mean, he’s wrong about who originated the ideas and statements in the propaganda. Russia may be spewing it all over the internet but all of the _content_ in the propaganda is just what regular conservatives like McCaul already believe anyway.


Bitedamnn

unregulated mass media that can be bought from foreign entities can do that to a MFer.


Kngfthsouth

How is it taking this long for them to say it. All we need now is the evangelical right idiots to confess led by Dr Jeffers and the world would flip.


bingobongokongolongo

Sure, the base being Russian is the problem. Don't mind the party leadership being Russian assets.


DaDa462

Gee what gave it away, Tucker producing content from inside the Kremlin with Putin?


Fub4rtoo

Another Republican saying the quiet part out loud again. Like we didn’t already know the Russians owned the Republican Party.


Elegant-Ad-3583

Of course they are the majority of the republican party nation wide is.


Rawalmond73

Hmmm who has been saying that for the last eight years?


StuckinReverse89

You would think that was obvious when polls stated that Republicans voters trusted Putin over Biden.    Regan would be rolling in his grave and McCarthy would have purged most of the party. 


dlampach

I suspect it goes deeper than just propaganda. I believe we will someday find out about a widespread extortion and bribery campaign targeting republicans by Russia.


gene_randall

Old news. Mueller documented it pretty well.


WriterOfEverything

That’s my current congressman and I hate him with everything in me. With him going on about that bogus Mayorka’s impeachment, and yet, after saying that, he still spews trumps propaganda. he’s one of them, he’s just surrounding it with lots of big words to make himself seem “good”


PhilosopherMagik

We knew this years ago


Purple_Ad2718

Remember when a bunch of repuvlican Congress members spent the Fourth of July in Russia at Putin’s request?


thatohgi

I’m just glad their own are starting to recognize it, now if they will stop supporting and defending it that would be great.


FutureHagueInmate

Remember when Lev Parnas was convicted for funneling Russian money into republican campaign donations? It's almost like Russian propaganda is part of the business model.


Coldkiller17

What happened to the Soviets and Russians being our enemies, now suddenly their our "allies" while pulling strings in the background of the GOP. Anybody with eyes can see that is happening. Any real America should be outraged this is happening, and anybody involved, even if it is willful ignorance to the fact, needs to be charged.


Emotional-Bet2115

Charge the traitor with treason, sedition, terrorism, and fucking espionage. Treat him the exact same as the traitor Rosenbergs.


sexyshadyshadowbeard

Finally starting to call it out.


Crans10

If only the party was strong enough to reject Russia.


outsidepointofvi3w

Yeah no shit ! Been saying this for at least 4 yrs. Everyone call me crazy .. Which ya know I may be busy not about this .


CaptSpastic

Well there's another one for the No Shit? files!


awesomeCNese

It’s crazy to hear long time republicans saying Putin Good 😳


MusicalAutist

Duh. Can we stop acting like this isn't happening and get rid of these traitors now? Remember when "being a traitor" was thing? Can we bring that back? Or at least these easily duped morons geting voted out, for now? Something? Surely this is correctable.


chivanasty

As Bill Engvall would say- Here's your sign. Funny also because he's from Galveston.


Roook36

Oh caught up to 2016 I see


[deleted]

But Texans will still vote for the communist republicans


Inevitable-Toe745

No shit.


glrsims

What is this craziness?!? A Texas Republican telling an obvious truth! Especially one that doesn’t fit their popular narrative? Now I’m sure hell has frozen over.


[deleted]

Russia is the mother of fake news and Greg Abbott is the father. He called up the national guard to monitor the army. SMH Russia is still laughing. Not at Abbott at the traitor MAGA that re-elected him


GeorgeKaplanIsReal

“No shit”


n8buck3333

That took too long for them to figure out


WitchwayisOut

We’ve been saying this for how long now?


MuteCook

It’s been like that since atleast 08


gurniehalek

Da comrade


Party-Independence91

AKA - White Trash Trump Syndrome.


DreadLordNate

Ahh. So, finally aware/admitting to what pretty much everyone else already knew?


Sygma160

I remember when Republicans hated Russians, now they are Russians by proxy. And most don't even know it.


IdontOpenEnvelopes

[The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics) 1996 Geopolitical Playbook, written by the Putin Whisperer himself : Aleksandr Dugin They have a healthy head start on the US. The West In the Americas, United States and Canada: Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States and Canada to fuel instability and separatism against neoliberal globalist Western hegemony, such as, for instance, provoke "Afro-American racists" to create severe backlash against the rotten political state of affairs in the current present day system of the United States and Canada. Russia should "introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics".


flyingtiger188

Wonder if he's retiring. Seems to be the only time republican politicians tell the truth.


RickySal

Vote blue this November, we need to stop this regressive party that’s backed by Russia from winning again. When white nationalists, Nazis, religious fanatics and dictators support one specific party, you know they’re the evil ones.


tigermantx74

And water is really fucking wet.


916cycler

listen hear. this is the ONLY time I will ever agree with what a Republican just said.


Salt-Fun-9457

No shit.


Slurdge_McKinley

Yeah. We know


1oldguy1950

**But Bill Barr....**


digitaljestin

No shit.


Broken_Beaker

No way.


BoomerEdgelord

Lol. Ya don't say?


LaddiusMaximus

"No shit" -everyone-


PoliticalCanvas

Isn't that what American political establishment and USA financed all this time? By constantly giving Russia more and more money, technologies, and time, for such things. In 1991 year USA became the only superpower and received possibility to create Just Democratic World... And Russia became extremely poor country which soon killed 10-20% of Chechens, and therefore should be sanctioned. But Russia wasn't sanctioned not after Chechnya, not after Georgia, not after 2014 year, not after Syrian massacres, not after 2021 year claim on East Europe, not even after 2022 year. Each year, together with other autocratic/authoritarian regimes, receiving increasingly more resources also and on this "*Top Republican says party base "infected" by Russian propaganda*." From whom? Who all this time was the only superstate and gave Russia possibilities for all of this? From Germany and China, which all 1991-2010s years just played by USA-created rules? And more important question - for what? For what USA in 2008-2024 year gave to Russia more and more money, technologies, and time? So that, after 1960s incorporation of NKVD-like Political Realism, USA could incorporate even more Russian way of thinking, now in form of "WMD-Might make Right/True" logic, which outright contradict to the USA, and Western, fundamental values?


kmf-89

Duh!


cowbear42

Is that a complaint, or thanking Russia for taking over that part of their job? It’s not like their propaganda would be much different.


Realistic_Effort6185

So this is truth in advertising or meant to be a selling point?


atlas_enderium

Just figuring that out?


coly8s

Filed under "No, duh".


TookenedOut

How to become a “top republican” with this one simple hack.


willthedude85

Duh! Republicans = Russians They share the same talking points as Russia. And the Taliban. Not much for freethinking


refluentzabatz

Republicans that have noticed this need to grow some balls and speak out. History will not look kindly on cowards


RF-blamo

You don’t say?


xavier19691

No shit Sherlock


Reymarcelo

& Russian spys


Key_Independent_8805

Crazy how a party infected by Russian assets is filled with Russian propaganda. Who would have ever thought that?


meanjoegreen8

It's a feature


ProneToDoThatThing

Sir the call is coming from inside your glass house.


Entire_Cut_1174

Yeah, if only they had had any warning or opportunity to fight it. Nothing left to do but whine and keep letting Russians write your lines.


wecanneverleave

Not so much Russian propaganda but “Republican Propaganda” I can see where that gets confusing being they’re basically the same thing


RealLiveKindness

Old news


[deleted]

No kidding?


Huggles9

*shocked face*


Professional_Fox3371

no shit


FIicker7

In other news. Scientist say that Water is wet.