Louisiana Voice

Louisiana’s very own junior U.S. Senator has been targeted as one of the Kremlin Eight who soiled their breeches back on July 4, 2018, creating such a foul stench that all eight need to be replaced in the 2022 midterm elections.

John Kennedy was one of the eight members of the POT (the successor to the GOP), who, the day after the Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, were in the Kremlin for a photo-op with ranking members of Vladimir Putin’s administration. (POT, by the way, is the acronym for Party of Treason).

No explanation has ever been offered by Kennedy as to the purpose of that mysterious trip. On this particular subject, Kennedy has been uncharacteristically quiet.

We do know that Wisconsin’s Sen. Ron Johnson, also one of the elite eight, only days after the trip, downplayed Russian interference in the 2016 election. That didn’t keep him from blaming President Biden for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “I don’t think Vladimir Putin would have moved on Ukraine were it not for the weakness displayed certainly by the Biden administration but also by the west in general,” he said, conveniently neglecting to mention Donald Trump’s withholding of military aid to Ukraine.

A NEW AD by Really American PAC zeroes in on the Kremlin Eight, referring to Johnson as “Ronovich” Johnson.

“If these senators were truly worried about Russia, why did they all vote to block three separate election security bills?” the ad asks. “Why did they cover for Trump when he withheld crucial military aid to Ukraine? Why have they consistently taken Putin’s side?”

That’s not to say, however, that the others have been overlooked. They include, besides Johnson and Kennedy, Repugnantcan Sens. Richard Shelby of Alabama, John Thune of South Dakota, Steve Daines of Montana, Jerry Moran of Kansas, John Hoeven of North Dakota, and Kay Granger of Texas.

Normally, we just roll our eyes and sign heavy when Kennedy starts talking but, in this case, we’d dearly love to hear his reasons for spending the date set aside to celebrate this nation’s birthday in the Kremlin. I bet it has something to do with chickens crossing the road just to show the armadillos it could be done.

Or some other philosophical explanation that only he would comprehend.

Meanwhile, the ad says, “Vladimir Putin has shown that his goal is to destabilize western democracy – from Ukraine to the U.S. We can’t allow his puppets to sink their claws deeper into our government. Vote out Russia’s Republican allies in 2022.”