“It is a lonely pursuit these days, defending Russia in Congress as outrage over Kremlin aggression grows louder. But Representative Dana Rohrabacher speaks up for Moscow with pride.
He is, he says, a bit frosted with the Russian government in one respect.
“I kind of wish I would get some sort of word back,” Mr. Rohrabacher, a California Republican, said Thursday shortly before the House voted 399 to 19 to offer aid to Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia. “But I haven’t even gotten so much as a thank you.””* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Jonathan Weisman / NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/us/politics/kremlin-finds-a-defender-in-congress.html