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It was only a matter of time before the liberal media’s derangement got so out of control that they would start accusing the entire conservative movement of working for Russian interests, and it finally happened. During Sunday’s Meet the Press, NBC moderator Chuck Todd used the recent indictment of Russian national, Marina Butina to suggest that not only was the National Rifle Association infiltrated by Russians but “all levels of the conservative movement” were as well.
Earlier this month, Maria Butina was arrest by the FBI on suspicion of being a Russian agent trying to lobby politicians to ease sanctions at the direction of Russian oligarch, Alexander Torshin. Her most apparent plot involved her get close to members of the NRA in an effort to set up a back channel between Russia and the White House.
Despite no evidence of her efforts baring any fruit, Todd couldn’t help by suggesting something untoward was set into motion. “Maria Butina loves guns, cultivated conservatives and is now in jail, arrested as a Russian agent. Does she hold the key to an NRA/Russia connection,” he speculated during the program’s opening tease.
“It sounds like something ripped from a spy movie or a reboot of The Americans. A young Russian woman accused of conspiring to influence American conservative politics on behalf of Russian intelligence,” Todd declared to ratchet up the drama. “[I]nvestigators say, she worked to gain access to American political operatives, conservative politicians and political groups, including the Trump campaign and, more importantly in this story, the NRA.”
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