https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">“Moscow has run a yearslong operation to blame #Ukraine for its own 2016 election interference. #Republicans have used **similar talking points** to defend @realDonaldTrump in #impeachment proceedings.”

The @GOP is doing #Putin’s bidding.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Face with symbols over mouth" aria-label="Emoji: Face with symbols over mouth"> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/us/politics/ukraine-russia-interference.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/2...

“ #Russianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇷🇺" title="Flag of Russia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Russia">intelligence officers conveyed the information to prominent Russians and Ukrainians who then used a range of intermediaries (oligarchs, businessmen and associates) to pass the material to American political figures and even some journalists.”https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire"> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/us/politics/ukraine-russia-interference.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/2...

US intelligence officials warn: “ #Russia’shttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇷🇺" title="Flag of Russia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Russia">operation to blame #Ukraine has become more relevant as #Republicans have tried to focus public debate during the #impeachment inquiry on any Ukrainian role in the 2016 campaign.”

@thespybrief @GOP #click=https://t.co/j61nmdHluT">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/us/politics/ukraine-russia-interference.html #click=https://t.co/j61nmdHluT">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/2...

US officials say that the Kremlin relied on #Russianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇷🇺" title="Flag of Russia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Russia">mobligarch Oleg Deripaska (Manafort’s boss) to spread disinformation about Ukrainian interference. After his ouster from the campaign, Manafort told Rick Gates in 2016 that #Ukraine—not #Russiahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇷🇺" title="Flag of Russia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Russia">—stole Democratic emails.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Face with rolling eyes">

Despite repeated warnings from US intel officials, the @GOP keeps pushing the FALSE Kremlin narrative that #Ukraine—not #Russiahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇷🇺" title="Flag of Russia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Russia">—interfered in the 2016 elections.

Putting party over country—by spinning a #Russianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇷🇺" title="Flag of Russia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Russia">conspiracy theory—is how the @GOP chooses to defend Trump.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Face with symbols over mouth" aria-label="Emoji: Face with symbols over mouth"> https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1197961833728167939">https://twitter.com/DrDenaGra...