A group of Republican senators visited Moscow to deliver a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin not to meddle in midterm elections. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Sen. Jerry Moran Seven senators — John Kennedy (R-LA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), John Thune (R-SD), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) — and one House member, Kay Granger (R-TX), are all in Moscow over the Fourth of July holiday this week for talks with Russian lawmakers and officials, according to reporting The meeting came on the heels of the release of a report from the Senate Intelligence Committee in which they confirmed the assessment of US intelligence agencies that Russia not only interfered Now, the senators who joined him for the series of meetings with senior Russian officials are sharply disputing not only Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) conclusions—but also his account of what went Republican members of Congress sounded a newly conciliatory tone in meetings with Russian lawmakers and officials here on Tuesday in a rare visit to Moscow and a preview of the looming summit At Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace on Friday, as Russia and Ukraine sat down to hold their first direct peace talks since the early months of this three-year war. T here’s talk going around Resistance circles that when seven U.S. lawmakers, all Republicans, met with top Russian officials in Moscow over the Fourth of July recess, they didn’t even bring up President Trump is scheduled for a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16. Perhaps the visit was laying groundwork for that summit, but why be there on the 4th of July? This July Fourth, a congressional delegation is visiting Moscow for the first time since Russia's annexation of Crimea. They're all Republicans, and their visit is a prelude to the Trump-Putin summit. While most Americans were celebrating Independence Day, Republican leaders spent July 4 meeting with Russian officials in Moscow. In 2018, a group of Republican legislators made a visit to Russia that coincided with the Fourth of July. However, to imply this action was unpatriotic is a misrepresentation of the facts. The group was on a diplomatic mission to warn Russia against meddling in the 2018 midterm election. For the Wisconsin Republican, it meant, specifically, the freedom to spend July 4 in Moscow with seven other Republican lawmakers posing for propaganda photos with Russian officials. The Plymouth Fire Company allows parking on its property for a donation starting at 6:00 p.m. July 4th Parade in Whitemarsh Township The annual 4th of July Parade will be held on Friday, July 4th, starting at 10:00 a.m. The parade route begins at the Barren Hill Fire Company and ends at Miles Park. The July 4th party reportedly came after a delegation of eight Republican lawmakers held meetings with Russian officials in an effort to “improve our relationship” with Russia – the foreign adversary who interfered in America’s 2016 election and is set to do so again in the midterms. One of the Republican senators back from a trip to Moscow is suggesting that Congress went too far in punishing Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “I’ve been pretty Democrats, Kremlin watchers question why the senators spent the Fourth of July meeting with Kremlin-connected officials when Russia won’t admit to interfering in U.S. elections. Eight Republican members of Congress -- seven senators and one House member -- traveled to Moscow ahead of the July 4th holiday, sounding a " conciliatory tone," even as their colleagues released A group of GOP lawmakers spent July 4 in Moscow after several days of meetings with Russian officials, according to NPR. The group, which included seven Republican senators and one House After 7 GOP Traitors spent their July 4th holiday playing footsies with Kremlin officials in Russia to suck up to Putin, GOPer Ron Johnson is already basically suggesting lifting US sanctions against Russia for their invasion of Crimea. Seven Republican senators and one GOP congresswoman have been in Russia, meeting with Russian officials, since June 30. On Tuesday, they sat down with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
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