Senator #JDVance, Eric Trump, Boris Ephsteyn, his legal adviser; Alina Habba, one of the lawyers from his civil fraud trial; US House Rep #NicoleMalliotakis; Senator #TommyTuberville; & the #Iowa & #Alabama attorneys general.
This is the biggest entourage we’ve seen him with so far.
He must be scared.
Members of Trump's entourage have been live-posting from court. Eric Trump, posted about Cohen's testimony: "I have never seen anything more rehearsed!"
Senator #JDVance of #Ohio, who is in contention to be Trump's running mate, posted that it's "absurd" to criticize Trump for falling asleep in court. Vance writes: "I'm 39 years old & I've been here for 26 minutes & I'm about to fall asleep"
Kaitlan Collins asks bash-the-protesters Sen. J.D. Vance,
"So you agree that people who break in and vandalize the building should be prosecuted?”
Vance replies, “Exactly.”
Collins then says,
"I’m just checking because you did help raise money for people who did so on January 6, which was impeding an official proceeding, breaking into a building that they weren’t allowed to be in and vandalizing the Capitol."
"Russia's one path to victory in Ukraine leads through minds and mouths in Washington, DC. Russian and Chinese propaganda therefore celebrates the inability of Congress to pass aid for Ukraine, and praises those who hinder the passage of such a bill. But the specific propaganda memes that China spreads (and some American leaders repeat) about the war are of Russian origin."
"Russia is the leader in this field; China is imitating Russian techniques and Russian tropes. …
Insofar as legislators such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and J.D. Vance are vectors of propaganda, they are themselves playing a part of the Russian (or Russo-Chinese) operation."
"As such they are not merely spreading fictions; they are also modelling a 'Russian' style of government, a politics of impotence, in which big lies are normal, corruption is thought to be routine, and nothing gets done. Russian lies about Ukraine are meant to prevent action to help Ukraine; but in a larger sense they are also meant to spread the view that those in power are incapable of any positive action at all."
Put this on blast! [Gifted article, The Washington Post] Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been gathering data on the vulnerabilities of its Western adversaries, a classified Russian document shows. By Catherine Belton
Sen. #JDVance is so possessed by bitterness over the ho-hum reaction to his shitty #HillbillyElegy book and movie that he's actively working to promote #RussianPropaganda. Vance is a brazen #traitor whose desire for America to fall to #Russia is undeniable. We have a serious problem of elected #Republicans collecting a US paycheck while aiding our enemies, and working for the detriment of us all. It's shocking how much #treason is happening in the #GQP.
"It's absurd to think the sun rises in the east, and sets in the west!" ~#JDVance, probably
It's offensive that this clown, who's paid by the American people, thinks so little of the people he allegedly serves that he believes this is a reasonable statement that they'll just accept without a second thought.
It's plain to anyone who hasn't been captured by the #TrumpCult that Trump's head is deep up Putin's ass. He clearly admires the Russian tyrant.
Picture 1: Republican Senator J. D. Vance tells CNN, the US cannot help Ukraine, because the US is “stretched too thin” and Ukraine is demanding “thousands” of Patriot systems per year.
Picture 2: In reality, Zelenskyy has said, just 25 Patriot systems would be enough to keep Ukraine safe — some of which they already have.