'So, Republicans, yes, please celebrate what a great day it was for you and Vladimir Putin,' Joe Scarborough said.
host Joe Scarborough slammed Republican lawmakers on Thursday morning, arguing that Russia is"celebrating" that GOP politicians are allowing American democracy to be undermined by foreign influence following former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony to Congress.
The Russians"have to be celebrating the fact that the entire Republican party are useful idiots for them now and have flung open their arms for the Russians to come and undermine American democracy," Scarborough, who previously served as a Republican congressman but now identifies as an independent,. He also pointed out that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky,"killed" two bills which aimed to protect the U.S. from Russian cyber invasion.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with President Donald Trump during the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28GOP lawmakers pushed back hard against Mueller and his report's findings during back-to-back Thursday hearings by the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees. Several Republican representatives attempted to discredit the special counsel's report, while also calling into question the credibility of Mueller and his team.
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