Secretary of State Antony Blinken was roasted online for condemning Russia for convicting opposition leader Aleksey Navalny on \u201cpolitically motivated charges\u201d while his own government is prosecuting the Biden administration\u2019s leading opponent, President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n
\nFile screen image.<\/em><\/p>\n Navalny was given an additional 19-year sentence on Friday for promoting \u201cextremism.\u201d Navalny was already serving a 9-year term for parole violations, fraud, and contempt of court, reported CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Blinken posted on Friday, \u201cThe United States strongly condemns Russia\u2019s conviction of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny on politically motivated charges. The Kremlin cannot silence the truth. Navalny should be released.\u201d<\/p>\n The United States strongly condemns Russia\u2019s conviction of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny on politically motivated charges. The Kremlin cannot silence the truth. Navalny should be released.<\/p>\n \u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The Biden administration is trying to put Trump in prison for the rest of his life on politically motivated charges, as are Democrat state and local prosecutors in New York and Georgia. <\/p>\n Donald Trump Jr. scorched Blinken, \u201cExactly ZERO self awareness!!! You really ceded the moral high ground here\u2026 Wonder where they got the idea that it\u2019s acceptable to jail your political opposition?\u201d<\/p>\n Exactly ZERO self awareness!!!<\/p>\n You really ceded the moral high ground here\u2026 Wonder where they got the idea that it\u2019s acceptable to jail your political opposition? https:\/\/t.co\/b8W0DFvm2T<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), \u201cRegimes that prosecute opposition leaders on politically motivated charges deserve strong condemnation.\u201d<\/p>\n Regimes that prosecute opposition leaders on politically motivated charges deserve strong condemnation. https:\/\/t.co\/mJCnfF9Xip<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), \u201cEvidently jailing political opponents is bad in other countries but not in the United States. The Left is obsessed with Trump and they are doing incredible damage to our republic. TDS is real.\u201d<\/p>\n Evidently jailing political opponents is bad in other countries but not in the United States. <\/p>\n The Left is obsessed with Trump and they are doing incredible damage to our republic.<\/p>\n TDS is real. https:\/\/t.co\/NIiZFgxl7G<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Ambassador Ric Grenell, \u201cYou interfered with the 2020 US election by pushing a fake story that Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop was \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d \u2013 it wasn\u2019t. But you pushed the Chinese government\u2019s preferred talking point. You\u2019ve lost any credibility and moral authority to lecture others.\u201d<\/p>\n You interfered with the 2020 US election by pushing a fake story that Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop was \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d \u2013 it wasn\u2019t. But you pushed the Chinese government\u2019s preferred talking point. <\/p>\n You\u2019ve lost any credibility and moral authority to lecture others. https:\/\/t.co\/ZlNE81H4A0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, \u201cThe lack of self-awareness is astounding.\u201d<\/p>\n The lack of self-awareness is astounding. https:\/\/t.co\/hbhLVVndFU<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Tom Fitton, \u201cAgreed and I also strongly condemn the Biden administration\u2019s arrests and prosecution of leading opposition candidate @RealDonaldTrump on politically motivated charges. The Biden White House cannot silence the truth. The politically motivated charges against @RealDonaldTrump should be dropped immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n Agreed and I also strongly condemn the Biden administration’s arrests and prosecution of leading opposition candidate @RealDonaldTrump<\/a> on politically motivated charges. The Biden White House cannot silence the truth. The politically motivated charges against @RealDonaldTrump<\/a>\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/JuDfQ0uURu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), \u201cKremlin can\u2019t silence truth? What about DC? Call for your geriatric boss to pardon Assange and Snowden, then let\u2019s talk.\u201d<\/p>\n Kremlin can\u2019t silence truth? What about DC? Call for your geriatric boss to pardon Assange and Snowden, then let\u2019s talk. https:\/\/t.co\/sEBiwdp4bg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Sebastian Gorka, \u201cYou mean like your boss Biden is trying to do to President Trump? You hack.\u201d<\/p>\n You mean like your boss Biden is trying to do to President Trump?<\/p>\n You hack. https:\/\/t.co\/ILqQqGOWMt<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) August 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The post Blinken Roasted Over Statement Condemning Russia Convicting Opposition Leader Navalny on \u201cPolitically Motivated Charges\u201d While Biden Admin Persecutes Trump<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Secretary of State Antony Blinken was roasted online for condemning Russia for convicting opposition leader Aleksey Navalny on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n