Obama's Russia sanctions put Hill Republicans in a box

[nhboy]

" President Barack Obama’s eleventh-hour Russia sanctions present a big test for congressional Republicans, who are torn between decades-old GOP principles and their new standard-bearer's unorthodox embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Democrats are already seeking to exploit this rift, drafting legislation designed to make it harder for President-elect Donald Trump to unilaterally roll back Obama’s new sanctions.

The goal is to force Republicans into a tough spot in which they can either soften their long-standing animosity toward Russia, opening themselves to charges of hypocrisy — or defy Trump, who on Wednesday dismissed efforts to punish Russia by saying “we ought to get on with our lives.”

“Now is not the ‘time to get on with our lives,’” Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement. “The executive branch has acted, but it is imperative the legislative branch now pick up the ball and move it forward. Congressional sanctions can complement and strengthen these new executive sanctions.” "

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/russia-sanctions-hill-republicans-obama-trump-233039

 

[PsyOps]

How's that Russian reset going again?

 

[vraiblonde]

The goal is to force Republicans into a tough spot

Pretty much proving that Democrats don't give a #### about this country. All they care about is power and playing political war games with the Republicans, even if it means getting us into a real war where the real people that the Democrats don't give a #### about die.

 

[kwillia]

"opening themselves to charges of hypocrisy"

I'm sure they've got their memes already made and ready to post! Just the thought of all those memes will make those repubs think twice about siding with Trump on ANYTHING.... memes for god's sake... memes will be released!

 

[Hijinx]

Ben Cardin ,Baltimore born, democrat, brown nosing , suck butt.
Part of the Borg.

If Obama said ####, he would ask how high and where do you want it piled.

 

[PrchJrkr]

Pretty much proving that Democrats don't give a #### about this country. All they care about is power and playing political war games with the Republicans, even if it means getting us into a real war where the real people that the Democrats don't give a #### about die.

This is the scariest part of the equation. obama and the democrats are so ####ing tied by politics, that they don't even care about the outcome of their tantrums. They don't give a #### about the US and are proving it on an almost daily basis.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~Thomas Jefferson