A small group of congressmen went to meet with the Russians a few weeks ago. One of the participants was Rep. Don Huffines of Texas. Parts of his interview are below.
Bloggers comments in [ ].
I know there are a lot of uninformed and dim-witted people
in Congress. Some are just naïve. Some just follow the President’s line and
spout gibberish. Don Huffines seems to
meet at least one of these qualifications.
Huffines is an embarrassment to Texas.
Q. Then why do you believe them when they say they won't [meddle in American politics] in the future? What value is their promise if you don't believe their denials?
A. There is a lot of value, because they need to hear from someone. The more people they hear from about this issue, the more powerfully we communicate that this is a big problem, the more they are going to listen.
I told them, if Texas were its own country, our GDP would be 10th in the world, larger than Russia's GDP. They were quite surprised. At our next census, we'll have a population of 30 million, and we are a world player. What happens in Texas is extremely important to the world.
[Just dumb! Doesn't this guy follow current political events. All the heads of U.S. intelligence agencies say the meddling is continuing at the present time. A small group of congressmen went to meet with the Russians a few weeks ago. One of the participants was Rep. Don Huffines of Texas. Parts of his interview are below.
Bloggers comments in [ ].
I know there are a lot of uninformed and dim-witted people
in Congress. Some are just naïve. Some just follow the President’s line and
spout gibberish. Don Huffines seems to
meet at least one of these qualifications.
Huffines is an embarrassment to Texas.
Then why do you believe them when they say they won't [meddle in American politics] in the future? What value is their promise if you don't believe their denials?
There is a lot of value, because they need to hear from someone. The more people they hear from about this issue, the more powerfully we communicate that this is a big problem, the more they are going to listen.
I told them, if Texas were its own country, our GDP would be 10th in the world, larger than Russia's GDP. They were quite surprised. At our next census, we'll have a population of 30 million, and we are a world player. What happens in Texas is extremely important to the world.
[Just dumb! Doesn't Huffines follow political news. The heads of all U.S. major intelligence agencies publicly stated that the meddling is continuous.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-election-meddling-continues-says-us-so-why-cant-it-be-stopped/
Where did Huffines come up with this delusion? Further, Texas cannot carry out foreign policy. Only the federal government can do that. The Russians already heard from American officials. I guess Russians don’t check U.S. news media. Do you really think the Kremlin cares about what Texans and it’s officials Think? Gimme a break!]
Some have criticized Paul's decision to go to Russia, arguing that it softens the U.S. response to the Russian aggression, ranging from its annexation of Crimea, which triggered the sanctions, to its interference in the election. Did you have concerns with going on the trip?
I disagree with that. I think we were very successful in communicating the seriousness of meddling in this election. They seemed to be concerned — very concerned — about the current state of relations between our nation and Russia. They feel there is not enough communication. They said they have not seen communication so low before, even in the height of the Cold War. They have not heard from Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for instance.
[We needed this group to alert the Russians to our unhappiness? The “seemed concerned” How naïve! They really care. Sort of like crocodile tears.It's primarily the President speaks for, and acts for the country regarding foreign relations. Other than impose sanctions ordered by Congress, what has Trump done beside courting Putin. Who cares about the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? The can’t impose sanctions of do anything meaningful by themselves]
Some have criticized Paul's decision to go to Russia, arguing that it softens the U.S. response to the Russian aggression, ranging from its annexation of Crimea, which triggered the sanctions, to its interference in the election. Did you have concerns with going on the trip?
I disagree with that. I think we were very successful in communicating the seriousness of meddling in this election. They seemed to be concerned — very concerned — about the current state of relations between our nation and Russia. They feel there is not enough communication. They said they have not seen communication so low before, even in the height of the Cold War. They have not heard from Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for instance.
[We needed this group to alert the Russians to our unhappiness? The “seemed concerned” How naïve! They really care. Sort of like crocodile tears.It's primarily the President speaks for, and acts for the country regarding foreign relations. Other than impose sanctions ordered by Congress, what has Trump done beside courting Putin. Who cares about the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? The can’t impose sanctions of do anything meaningful by themselves]
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