Putin’s man in DC votes against boilerplate condemnation of unprovoked invasion
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Russiagate was real as all hell:
The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Iran and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday against a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for the return of Ukrainian territory. The resolution passed overwhelmingly in the U.N. General Assembly.
The U.S. delegation also abstained from voting on its own competing resolution that simply called for an end to the war, after European-sponsored amendments inserting new anti-Russian language also passed the 193-member body by a wide margin. The amended U.S. resolution also passed.
The votes, taken on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, were an astounding reflection of the deepening split between the Trump administration and its major allies over support for Ukraine and disapproval of President Donald Trump’s unilateral outreach to the Kremlin to settle the war on terms favorable to Russia.
Trying to pretend that the Russian government ratfucking an election to get someone who would do their bidding (and supported and collaborated with their efforts) elected wasn’t a real scandal is absurd on its face, and even more absurd given what the press did consider scandalous in 2016.