I am sick at heart watching the damage a narrow democommie majority in the House and their comrades in the press are inflicting on our country.

Senator Cruz, is absolutely correct; Ukraine DID interfere in the 2016 elections. Politico, hardly a right wing publication, spilled these beans with some detail back in January 2017
Here, again, is the article:

Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire
Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton.
Politico, Jan 11, 2017

Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office. They also disseminated documents implicating a top Trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election. And they helped Clinton’s allies research damaging information on Trump and his advisers, a Politico investigation found.

A Ukrainian-American operative who was consulting for the Democratic National Committee met with top officials in the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington in an effort to expose ties between Trump, top campaign aide Paul Manafort and Russia, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.

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The Ukrainian antipathy for Trump’s team — and alignment with Clinton’s — can be traced back to late 2013. That’s when the country’s president, Viktor Yanukovych, whom Manafort had been advising, abruptly backed out of a European Union pact linked to anti-corruption reforms. Instead, Yanukovych entered into a multibillion-dollar bailout agreement with Russia, sparking protests across Ukraine and prompting Yanukovych to flee the country to Russia under Putin’s protection.

In the ensuing crisis, Russian troops moved into the Ukrainian territory of Crimea, and Manafort dropped off the radar.

Manafort’s work for Yanukovych caught the attention of a veteran Democratic operative named Alexandra Chalupa, who had worked in the White House Office of Public Liaison during the Clinton administration. Chalupa went on to work as a staffer, then as a consultant, for Democratic National Committee. The DNC paid her $412,000 from 2004 to June 2016, according to Federal Election Commission records, though she also was paid by other clients during that time, including Democratic campaigns and the DNC’s arm for engaging expatriate Democrats around the world.


More: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/u...backfire-233446

Quote: austingirl wrote in post #4

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I am sick at heart watching the damage a narrow democommie majority in the House and their comrades in the press are inflicting on our country.

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Donald J. Trump‏
Verified account @realDonaldTrump

.@SenTedCruz “The Democrats are now admitting that they can’t prove a crime, they can’t prove a law was violated, and here’s why. Any president, any administration, is justified in investigating corruption, and there was serious evidence of real corruption concerning Hunter....

....Biden on the board of the largest natural gas company in Ukraine, getting paid $83,000 a month, 10 times as much as a board member of @exxonmobil.” Thank you Ted. He also made a fortune from China and others, but zero before his father became V.P. @MeetThePress

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/stat...718436410540036

Donald J. Trump‏
Verified account @realDonaldTrump

“Any president has the authority to investigate corruption. The President himself released the transcript of the call. Now the Democrats have no evidence of a crime and no evidence of violating the law. This is a kangaroo court in the House, but it’s going to go to the Senate,...

....it’s going to go nowhere. They are going to impeach not because they have the evidence, but because they hate the president. I think the American people know that this is a waste of time, this is Democrats putting on a circus. @SenTedCruz interviewed by Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd

9:07 AM - 8 Dec 2019

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/stat...722736016728064

Quote: EdJames wrote in post #3

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Week after week.... everyone is accused of being a Russian agent or spreading "Putin's propaganda...." this week it was Cruz' turn.... (video is embedded at link)


Chuck Todd Laces Into Ted Cruz for Saying Ukraine Meddled in 2016 Election

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Todd, meanwhile, pressed forward and asked the conservative senator whether or not he believed that Ukraine meddled in the election—a talking point that has gained more traction among Republicans lately.

“I do. And I think there is considerable evidence,” Cruz replied.

“You do?” Todd shot back, expressing shock. “You do?!”

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They simply MUST stick with this inane bullshit RUSSIAN narrative..... it is pretty much the only way that they can collectively fend off discussions and investigation of the real crimes and corruption....

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