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tanyev

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17. At least it wasn't Russia?

Reply to LisaM (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 05:29 PM

Jul 8

July 5th, 2018:

This is not The Onion: Eight members of Congress, all Republicans, spent America’s Independence Day in Russia.

Seven senators — John Kennedy (R-LA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), John Thune (R-SD), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) — and one House member, Kay Granger (R-TX), are all in Moscow over the Fourth of July holiday this week for talks with Russian lawmakers and officials, according to reporting from the Washington Post, NPR, and investigative reporter Julia Davis.

https://americanjournalnews.com/republicans-congress-celebrated-fourth-of-july-russia/

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