{"id":23516,"date":"2016-08-16T12:03:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T19:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23516"},"modified":"2016-08-16T12:03:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T19:03:23","slug":"republicans-on-parade-8162016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/16\/republicans-on-parade-8162016\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans on Parade – 8\/16\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is the eighty-eighth article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today\u2019s honoree is Republican Campaign Manager and Seditionist, Paul Manafort. He so honored for his intent to hand US National Security to Vladimir Putin (R-RU).<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0816Manafart\"The Trump campaign was on the defensive on Monday after a New York Times report<\/a> revealed that its chairman, Paul Manafort, was designated to receive $12.7 million in undisclosed and potentially illegal cash payments from a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The revelation preceded a high-profile national security speech<\/a> by Donald J. Trump<\/a> on Monday afternoon in Ohio, and threatened to derail the Republican presidential nominee\u2019s latest effort to avoid distractions and stick to policy as he tried to stop his poll numbers from sliding.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Mr. Manafort denied wrongdoing and said The Times was ignoring the facts to fulfill a political agenda against Mr. Trump. He denied ever receiving an \u201coff-the-books cash payment\u201d or having worked for the Ukrainian or Russian governments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suggestion that I accepted cash payments is unfounded, silly and nonsensical,\u201d Mr. Manafort said. He said that any payments he received were for a broader political campaign team that included local and international staff, polling and research.<\/p>\n

The secret ledgers kept by a pro-Russian political group in Ukraine, the Party of Regions, contain 22 separate references of cash disbursements designated for Mr. Manafort between 2007 and 2012. The disbursements amount to $12.7 million, according to anticorruption officials there… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <NY Times<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

It’s possible that Manafart never actually received the money, considering the level od corruption of his political associates, then and now.  However if you believe that he was not engaged in the practices for which he was to receive that money, you will probably also believe that Rump Dump Trump was just kidding, when he suggested that he would not oppose his buddy Putin’s (R-RU) takeover of the Crimea, the Ukraine, and the Baltic states.<\/font><\/p>\n

Rachel Maddow<\/a> covered Trump and Manafart in two segments:<\/font><\/p>\n