Trump-Putin Summit: “In the struggle to preserve the free world, Trump proudly yields right of way to the oppressor”

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, today issued this statement on President Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin and Trump's refusal to side with U.S. intelligence agencies regarding Russian interference in our election:

"Defying even the alert of his own Republican Director of National Intelligence regarding Russian aggression against us, Trump engages in a shameful and dangerous display in public with unknown appeasement in private. He appears totally impotent in the face of Putin. In the struggle to preserve the free world, Trump proudly yields right of way to the oppressor. In all of Trump's tweets, attacks, and insults, the one person he routinely praises is a ruthless dictator: Vladimir Putin, who poisons his enemies, invades Ukraine, facilitates war crimes in Syria, and disrupts democracies. Perhaps more shocking than Trump's weakness is the deafening silence of his Republican enablers in Congress. A retirement announcement should not be a prerequisite for Republicans to stand up to Trump and his autocratic buddies."

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