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Mitch Will Protect Putin / Trump At All Costs (Original Post) DanieRains Dec 2019 OP
Mitch will protect Mitch at all costs. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #1
This will not end well. Firestorm49 Dec 2019 #2
Obviously. Moscow Mitch has his orders from Putin already. As a matter of fact, the entire ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #3
After oligarch Derapaska (putins buddy) invested in a aluminum plant in Kentucky...... mitch96 Dec 2019 #4

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
1. Mitch will protect Mitch at all costs.
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 01:27 PM
Dec 2019

He'll do whatever is necessary to preserve his position and power in the Senate. If that means protecting Trump/Putin that's what he'll do. But if Trump's popularity starts to slide, don't expect Mitch to lift a finger to support him.

SWBTATTReg

(22,130 posts)
3. Obviously. Moscow Mitch has his orders from Putin already. As a matter of fact, the entire ...
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 01:50 PM
Dec 2019

republican leadership has received their marching orders from Putin...recall the visit by republican legislators earlier this year to Russia? I wonder what all of that was about. I daresay it wasn't a good thing, and if anything, to stifle our election turnout by voters, etc.

mitch96

(13,909 posts)
4. After oligarch Derapaska (putins buddy) invested in a aluminum plant in Kentucky......
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 07:52 PM
Dec 2019

the ruskies have leverage on him... he has to do their bidding or loose the plant and lots of jobs..
quid pro quo?
m

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