Sen. Warner (and Sen. Kaine) Statement on Gen. Flynns Resignation

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Source: ARLnow

Sen. Warner Statement on Gen. Flynn’s Resignation

by ARLnow.com — February 14, 2017 at 10:45 am 39 Comments

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has released a statement on the resignation of Gen. Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor.

Warner, who serves as the vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said that he will continue to push to investigate Gen. Flynn and “any other campaign official who may have had inappropriate and improper contacts with Russian officials prior to the election.”
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Update at 12:35 p.m. — Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) has also weighed in with a statement (after the jump).

The resignation of Lieutenant General Flynn cements the worst fears of many Americans and our allies about the connections between this Administration and the Kremlin. His alarming communication with the Russian government underscores the need to complete a full, independent, bipartisan, and transparent investigation of contacts between the Trump campaign and the Trump Administration, and the Russian government. It also raises new questions about why the White House didn’t act on confirmed intelligence regarding Flynn’s outreach to the Russian ambassador weeks ago. Flynn is now the third Trump advisor to resign due to unseemly ties to Russia and yet again President Trump is trying to distract from these serious allegations by railing against leaks in his Administration. We need to get to the bottom of these ties to Russia in order to protect our country.


Read more: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/02/14/sen-warner-statement-on-gen-flynns-resignation/#more-170192

[lagomorph777]

1. Those are my Senators - making me proud.

[rogue emissary]

3. Same here, just wished they'd voted against all of Donny's nominees.

Both are getting better and doing interviews with the MSM is vital to keeping pressure on Donny.

[lagomorph777]

4. I haven't been tracking their votes; maybe I shouldn't be so proud.

A vote for any of this criminal gang is a vote for... a criminal gang.

[rogue emissary]

7. It's difficult. As I've been going off of articles, press statements and their tweeter feeds.

Haven't seen a site that's collected all of the Senators votes or positions. Wish one existed, though. The first few nominees they did vote yes on most of them. Starting with Devos vote, they've been voting no with the majority of the Democrats excluding WV's Manchin.

[JudyM]

6. Mine too. I've been calling them to support or discourage their votes, easy to get through

to a staffer and they do want to keep the pulse of their constituents.

202-224-3121 for all members of congress, just enter your zip and you get a quick transfer to the right office.

That's a fairly strong statement by Kaine. Warner's more a centrist so he's the one I've been calling more.

We really need to call him about things like this: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141701661

[oasis]

2. There will be no letting up. Trump's going

to feel the heat on this one.

[onetexan]

5. Get rid of agent orange & the lot of them

bring in Hillary & Tim Kaine.