Is it possible tfg or vlad are blackmailing some of these repuqs?

[dutch508]

Star Member grumpyduck (4,029 posts)
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Is it possible tfg or vlad are blackmailing some of these repuqs?

I'm sure this has come up before, but it just seems like the question needs to be asked. In public.

 

Star Member cilla4progress (17,890 posts)

4. One way or another,

I think so, too.

Star Member Irish_Dem (19,438 posts)

5. They have been bribed or threatened into compliance.

Kiss or kicked into doing Putin's will.

Star Member The Blue Flower (4,843 posts)

7. For starters, what else do you call threats of violence against their families?

The criminal root of it all is putin. Some have been openly bought off.

Star Member OhZone (3,024 posts)

8. Oh, I think this is highly likely.

Remember when Lindsey Graham looked so worried in a hearing when he heard that the intelligence community might have heard what he said in a conversation with a Russian official?

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Star Member bucolic_frolic (28,734 posts)

9. Some by choice, some by purse strings, some by Kompromat

On another plain, it's been said real criminals don't fear the police or authorities, they fear private intelligence.

Take your pick.

unblock (49,696 posts)

10. more likely extortion, but yeah, blackmail is possible too

generally, blackmail takes more effort and is specific to individuals. at this point, they've got the entire party and then some giving them pretty much 100% obedience. that doesn't happen with individual blackmail over and over again.

extortion is more scalable. blackmail one person, and others may think they're immune because they haven't done anything wrong or won't give in even if it's fabricated information. but threaten on person, or their family, and everybody quickly gets the message that they're in danger unless they comply.

this is the undertext of donnie's encouragement of violence. he has his enforcers, just as all fascists do. donnie's may be a phone call away or they may be scattered over the internet, but all republicans know that donnie can effectively sic his dogs on them. i mean, donnie got a mob to try to hang his own chosen running mate, ffs.


besides, republicans can survive financial and sex scandals these days because the media only cares about that if you're a democrat. they don't need putin's spies and information.


on the other hand, it's not like most republicans display much in the way of objecting to going along. they'll be happy to be part of the party that owns the government even if they're lapdogs in it.

 

[Muddling 2]

Gee..........WHICH ex President got a $500K bribe...............err.........."honorarium" for a speech in Moscow?

Beuller?

Beuller?

 

[SVPete]

Which President approved the Nordstream 2 pipeline that will have EuroLand's energy leash held by Vlad?

[CollectivismMustDie]

Which President approved the Nordstream 2 pipeline that will have EuroLand's energy leash held by Vlad?

And, which before him, said he'd "have more flexibility after his re-election" with regards to russia?

2016 and 2020 shenanigans in mind...I wonder if he didn't let slip more than he intended there.

[Zathras]

Looks like Trump has a roommate by the name of Vladimir Putin living with him in the DUmmies heads.