The US Senate voted yesterday on whether or not to allow sanctions against Russia to be lifted. All Democratic Senators voted to retain the sanctions. I was pleased to see these Republican Senators vote with the Democrats to retain the sanctions:
- John Boozman of Arkansas – I didn’t know Arkansas was allowed Senators.
- Susan Collins of Maine – She’ll need a lot more votes like this to redeem her past voting history.
- Tom Cotton of Arkansas – 2 Senators from Arkansas? Really? That seems too many.
- Steve Daines of Montana – Must be 1 Senator for every 10 people in Montana.
- Cory Gardner of Colorado – Up for re-election in 2020 in a state tilting blue.
- Josh Hawley of Missouri – Happy to see McCaskill’s replacement with a blue vote.
- John Kennedy of Louisiana – I hate his politics, but I like this guy’s style.
- Martha McSally of Arizona – At least she voted blue, unlike Jeff Flake.
- Jerry Moran of Kansas – A small blip of blue from a deep red Senator.
- Marco Rubio of Florida – Always ready to take a shot at Trump.
- Ben Sasse of Nebraska – Sasse being sassy and hawkish on Russia.
Big-talking tough guy Republicans like Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, and Ted Cruz voted nyet to retain Russian sanctions. I consider them and every single Republican Senator who voted to lift Russian sanctions to be a traitor to this country.
And that also goes for Independent Senator Bernie Sanders who elected not to cast a vote. That’s just as well since Sanders has historically voted against Russian sanctions. Methinks Comrade Sanders may not be as independent as he claims. Here’s hoping that Sanders and Russia-loving Libertarian Jill Stein take vacations in 2020 rather than make runs at the White House again.
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