Putin Pays Trump

 "Madison is wrong, if there's any thug in this world it's Putin," 

 House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said at his weekly news conference on Friday, though he said  

he's still supporting Cawthorn's reelection bid. " 

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/03/18/politics/madison-cawthorn-republican-reaction/index.html 

 

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/03/18/politics/madison-cawthorn-republican-reaction/index.html 

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html 

"There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, 

 according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post.  

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia."