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edschweppeThus spake Rachel Maddow:
For those who don't do video tweets: Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was able to get eleven Republican senators to vote in favor of blocking the relaxing of (some) sanctions against a Russian oligarch - despite the best efforts of the Senate Majority Leader and the Trump Administration.
Considering how much else of today's news has been a nonstop dumpster fire, the fact that just maaaaybe some folks in the GOP might do the right thing for the nation is ... well, still pretty goddamn unlikely. (It'll take at least two more GOP senators to keep McConnell from filibustering.) But I'll take grounds for hope wherever I can find them.
Senator Chuck Schumer got 11 Republicans to break ranks from Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell to vote against easing some Russia sanctions.
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) January 16, 2019
Do not lose faith. Anything is possible. pic.twitter.com/dRfTsCHJDj
For those who don't do video tweets: Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was able to get eleven Republican senators to vote in favor of blocking the relaxing of (some) sanctions against a Russian oligarch - despite the best efforts of the Senate Majority Leader and the Trump Administration.
Considering how much else of today's news has been a nonstop dumpster fire, the fact that just maaaaybe some folks in the GOP might do the right thing for the nation is ... well, still pretty goddamn unlikely. (It'll take at least two more GOP senators to keep McConnell from filibustering.) But I'll take grounds for hope wherever I can find them.