"4/ The flexible sanctions they are now fighting? They were implemented in 2017 by Donald Trump!What happened? Radical anti-women & anti-LGBTQ Republicans lied about the facts to gin up opposition. In the process, they handed Putin a huge gift. It's shameful and disgusting."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from James McGovern:
"5/ @POTUS Biden can & should keep the stronger standards via executive order. Otherwise the GOP will have gutted the Magnitsky program.But make no mistake: Putin hates the Global Magnitsky law, and Senate Republicans did his bidding to weaken it."Read on Twitter"Read on Twitter
"Today the House & Senate finalized a bill to revoke normal trade relations with Russia & hold Putin accountable for the war in Ukraine.I proudly voted yes. Yet the bill could have been stronger. What happened? The Senate GOP worked to water down our human rights language."Read on Twitter
"2/ The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act passed in 2016 & has been used to go after human rights abusers around the world (full disclosure: I helped write & pass it).It expires this year, so we had to extend itwhich we did in the bill that passed today. Great!"Read on Twitter