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Bolton responds after Tim Kaine questions security clearance over Russia gun video
Fox News ^ | March 25, 2018 | Samuel Chamberlain

Posted on 03/25/2018 5:15:55 PM PDT by jazusamo

Incoming national security adviser John Bolton defended himself Sunday after a Democratic senator questioned whether he would be able to obtain the necessary security clearance over a video speech Bolton gave to a Russian pro-gun rights group in 2013.

Bolton video 3min 15 sec

On Saturday, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., tweeted out a National Public Radio report about the group Bolton spoke to, known as The Right To Bear Arms. The NPR report described one of the group's founders, Alexander Torshin, as an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who served as the deputy speaker of Russia's parliament for more than 10 years.

"Can John Bolton even get a security clearance?" Kaine asked rhetorically. "Ties to Russian allies of Vladimir Putin?"

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 115th; 2ndamendment; alexandertorshin; banglist; bolton; defundnpr; defundpbs; johnbolton; mediawingofthednc; npr; nra; nsa; partisanmediashills; pbs; presstitutes; russia; russiancollusion; samuelchamberlain; secondamendment; securityclearance; timkaine; virginia
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Tim Kaine is an idiot.
1 posted on 03/25/2018 5:15:55 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

The only reason we know of him is because Hillary picked him....ONLY because she needed his state. He never caught on.


2 posted on 03/25/2018 5:18:15 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: jazusamo

Something has gone wrong...

It seems you clicked on a bad link and stumbled upon our 404 page


3 posted on 03/25/2018 5:18:20 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: jazusamo

Hey, is Crazy Guggenheim back?

Who is old enough to remember Crazy?


4 posted on 03/25/2018 5:18:50 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: jazusamo

Bet Tim Kaine didn’t have any problems with John Brennan, head of the CIA, voting for the Communist Party.

This “red baiting” from Socialists on the Left needs to stop. It is foolishness.


5 posted on 03/25/2018 5:19:26 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge)
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To: jazusamo

Sure didn’t take long for Timmy to get out of his depth...


6 posted on 03/25/2018 5:20:07 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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To: jazusamo

Somebody tell this moron that the President can issue any level of security clearance to anyone as he sees fit. Part of the Clinton Legacy.


7 posted on 03/25/2018 5:20:44 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: jazusamo

Demoncrats never rest.


8 posted on 03/25/2018 5:21:06 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: jazusamo

More of that Russian collusion meme sh*t.

They don’t have anything else but OMG - Bolton spoke to a Russian pro-gun group.

And that makes him suspect.


9 posted on 03/25/2018 5:21:46 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: jazusamo

Disagree with Bolton’s explanation of the 2nd Amendment: it was not the government that could convey the right to bare arms- it was an acknowledgment that self-defense is a God-given right.


10 posted on 03/25/2018 5:21:52 PM PDT by Salvavida (The Missouri citizen's militia sends its regards.)
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To: Sacajaweau; All

Fox News link is messed up, the article is still up.

I’ll post link when the get it right.


11 posted on 03/25/2018 5:22:40 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Salvavida

Democrat talking point: Pooty is an ally of the NRA.


12 posted on 03/25/2018 5:23:51 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: jazminerose

Crazy could stop blabbering and break out in heavenly song

This dude can’t


13 posted on 03/25/2018 5:27:45 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: jazminerose

I remember Crazy Guggenheim! I look like him when I wake up!


14 posted on 03/25/2018 5:28:48 PM PDT by blu (Save us the time of explaining the links...read the article...unless you're Lazamatz.)
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To: jazminerose

I am


15 posted on 03/25/2018 5:29:05 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: jazusamo

Hey Tim, how’s your son’s court-ordered Probation going?


16 posted on 03/25/2018 5:30:04 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: jazusamo

Yes, Tim Kaine is a thoroughly unlikable person!

IOW, he is an asshole!

See the Mirriam-Webster dictionary definition of asshole: “a bad, stupid, or annoying person” at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asshole.

He is not the only LIEberal Democrat man that falls into the “asshole” category, BTW. There are many others!

As an added bonus, you get the definition of a LIEberal Democrat woman FRom Mirriam-Webster: “harridan = an angry and unpleasant woman: shrew.”

Most LIEberal Democrat women fall into the “harridan” category!

One could certainly add “noxious” and “venomous” adjectives to ALL LIEberal Democrats, male and female, if one REALLY wanted to accurately define their character!


17 posted on 03/25/2018 5:30:26 PM PDT by Taxman
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To: Doogle

Now advocating gun rights in Russia is a hanging political offense!

Russophobia has gotten out of bounds.

And the irony? John Bolton is not known as a friend of the Kremlin.


18 posted on 03/25/2018 5:31:27 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Salvavida

If your arms are bare, you are not bearing arms.


19 posted on 03/25/2018 5:31:41 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z)
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To: a fool in paradise

Senator Kaine brings up a valid point. It is extremely unlikely that liberals and leftists would, could, or should ever pass even the most cursory or basic background investigation for elected office. This has been a huge security risk for decades and is the proximate cause for incalcuble damage in both peace and war. Enough is enough.

Let’s hold every prospective candidate to elected office to the same standards as our military has been held for the last century. If further information is forthcoming that illustrates a lack of candor, then they can find another line of work. Too bad so sad.


20 posted on 03/25/2018 5:32:14 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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