[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 119 (Monday, July 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ESSENCE OF BETRAYAL

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today President Trump went to a 
foreign country and criticized his own country, the United States of 
America, while bowing and scraping to a foreign dictator, Putin.
  Americans must ask this obvious question, and it is: Why does 
President Trump refuse to criticize Vladimir Putin about anything?
  It must be because Putin knows something about President Trump that 
President Trump doesn't want the rest of us to know. If that is true, 
then President Trump has put his own well-being and interests above 
those of the Nation.
  And that, Mr. Speaker, is the essence of betrayal. His actions have 
betrayed the confidence and the trust of the American people and could 
be called treasonous.
  Sadly, Trump's supporters must look at themselves and think whether 
or not they were sold out by the dog whistle ``Make America Great 
Again.'' They must now realize that the President has subjected himself 
to domination by the leader of the international white nationalist 
movement, Vladimir Putin.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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