Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Billy Long: Trump missed opportunity to hold Putin accountable; Mueller needs to be allowed to finish his work

(Seventh District Congressman Billy Long posted the following tweet today.)

The joint press conference was a missed opportunity to hold President Putin accountable as the world watched.

I have said all along that Special Counsel Robert Mueller needs to be allowed to finish his work concerning Russia's meddling in our election.

The facts should be allowed to come out unimpeded.

In the meantime, we need to keep the sanctions in place and keep maximum pressure on Russia.

4 comments:

Bus Plunge said...


"I was not able to watch the news conference, but from what I’ve read it seems like a missed opportunity to hold President Putin accountable as the world watched," Long said in a statement.

Funny, I called Long's DC office about an hour after the press conference ended to express almost the same sentiments. The staffer I spoke to, reply to the question "Did you see the press conference?" replied, "Yes, we are watching it now."

I asked how you could be "watching it now" when it ended an hour ago, he said "we're watching it on youtube."

I am certain that it was the talk of Long's office. And if Long wasn't in his DC office on a work day, where was he?

Long's statement is disengenuous and perhaps more of his auctioneer's penchant for stretching the truth?

Anonymous said...

Simmer down Billy!

Then NRA checks will keep coming one way or nother.

What you need to get busy with is getting that Trump casino and golf course resort in Picher open. The sooner the better, or do we have to wait on the Mexicans to pay for that too?

Isn't there some way we could sell some national parks and invest the money with businessmen like Scott Pruitt and Jared Kushner? What about letting the Chinese buy the driver's license stations? MAGA and so forth!

Anonymous said...

You are 100% correct there Blobby. Where were you when the orange buffoon was calling our allies our enemies? Where were you when he announced his tariffs that are going to kill our economy? I will give you some credit though. You took this stand knowing that those Trump cultists that actually can read may see your response and have someone tell them what it means. That could spell trouble for you down the road.

Anonymous said...

At least Blobby Long is thankful for being able to issue statements about tRUMP and his missed oppertunities.

I'm pretty sure Blobby hopes he doesn't have to start explaining his own missed oppertunities.

Were those NRA checks drawn on a Russian bank? Denominated in rubles?

I wonder if Blobby knows anyone on the receiving end of Mariia Butina's favors?

"Butina appears to treat it as simply a necessary aspect of her activities," the memo says. "For example, on at least one occasion, Butina offered an individual other than U.S. Person 1 sex in exchange for a position within a special interest organization. Further, in papers seized by the FBI, Butina complained about living with U.S. Person 1 and expressed disdain for continuing to cohabitate with U.S. Person 1."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/accused-russian-agent-mariia-butina-tried-trade-sex-influence-say-n892426