Sen. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamThe Nine Greatest Democratic National Convention Moments Everybody Talks The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Delegates stage state-centric videos for the roll call Lindsey Graham praises Jill Biden’s speech: ‘Outstanding person’ MORE (RS.C.), a leading foreign policy hawk and Russian critic, tweeted support for a Russian opposition figure allegedly poisoned by government agents.
Graham took to Twitter to support Alexei Navalny, considered the unofficial leader of the Russian opposition and a top critic of the president Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinThe nine biggest Democratic National Convention moments that everyone is talking about. Duckworth blows Trump as ‘coward in chief’ Host Julia Louis-Dreyfus opens last night of convention with shots on Trump, Pence, Fox News MORE, after his apparent poisoning, and said the situation was “very sad.”
‘It goes without saying that you are putting Putin against your own danger and people like Mr Navalny are on the right side of history. As always, the price for standing up for freedom comes at a heavy cost, “Graham tweeted, adding that opposition figures in Russia” have my admiration and total support. “
Graham predicted that Putin’s attempt to silence opposition voices in the country would return to haunt him, warning, “The old adage ‘Live by the sword, die by the sword’ will eventually come into play for Putin.”
“The Russian people will reach a point where they are tired of Putin and his cronies plundering the nation and sowing misfortune in the world – all at the expense of the average Russian,” he said.
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The Russian people will reach a tipping point where they are tired of Putin and his cronies placing the nation and sowing discord around the world – all at the expense of the average Russian.
– Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) 21 August 2020
Graham is simply the last legislator to express support for Navalny after he fell ill in Siberia. While the exact circumstances are not clear, he is thought to be in a coma after drinking tea with poison, a tool used in the past by Putin’s government against vocal critics. It is the second time Navalny is thought to be poisoned, although the first incident was officially ruled out as an allergic reaction.
Bipartisan members of Congress panned Putin over the apparent attack. Sen. Marco Rubio
Marco Antonio RubioPoisoning of Putin’s opponent could test US-Moscow relationship Rep. Ross Spano loses Florida GOP primarily amid campaign finance checkup Five takeaways from last House Intel Russia report MORE (R-Fla.), The acting chairman of the House of Representatives Committee, said the suspected poisoning was “at least the 31st assassination attempt against a Putin opponent / defector,” and Sen. Chris Murphy
Christopher (Chris) Scott MurphyPoisoning of Putin’s opponent could test US-Moscow relationship If the schools of America hear again, the police will not hear there. Democrats raise warnings on Russian election campaign MAY (D-Md.), A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called the incident “terrible news.”
Navalny’s apparent poisoning adds a new ripple to Washington-Moscow relations, which President Trump
Donald John TrumpFive takeaways from the Democratic National Convention What we will remember from the 2020 Biden Convention Chris Wallace labels Biden’s acceptance speech ‘extremely effective’ MAY has actively sought to improve. He told Axios last month that he did not discuss reports that Russia was offering fines to the Taliban for killing US troops in Afghanistan in a phone call with Putin, has expressed openness to bringing Russia back into the Seven Group and is expected to met with Putin ahead of the November election to discuss a nuclear weapons deal.
The government also recently released a report that said Russia was looking to take an interest in the 2020 elections to help boost Trump, although the White House has downplayed those efforts.
Trump closes Russian consulate in Seattle and expels 48 Russian diplomats in the US and 12 Russian intelligence officials based in the United Nations following the 2018 poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in 2018 in the United Kingdom, although the Navalny poisoning may be harder to punish, given that it happened in Russia.
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