Gingrich: 8 Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy ‘unleashed furies’ in GOP conference

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) dug into the eight Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), claiming the lawmakers “unleashed furies” in the GO…

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They did exactly what Putin is paying them to do - sabotage the US Government.

Stop it. He's not paying them a dime, er ruble. He doesn't need to. He's extorting them with all the juicy dirt the dumb fucks had in their emails when the RNC servers got hacked in 2016.

Tbf there can be a carrot AND a stick. We know Russia gave money to the NRA, who in turn donates heavily to republicans. Those juicy campaign donations from the NRA/the threat of them drying up if you go against what Putin wants are also likely levers being used.

Dude. Stop. Putin isn't literally paying them.

Which btw, makes them seem smarter then they really are.

Their actions are motivated and influenced based on a mix of stupidity, social media, echo chambers, contarianism, and another dose of stupidity.

AKA "useful idiots"

Sure, but that's significantly different then being an actual foreign agent, as evidenced by Sen. Mendez's indictments.

Being a useful idiot isn't a crime by itself, but being an elected official and a foreign agent is.