Sen. Blumenthal & Sen. Lindsey Graham Call for Russia To Be Added to the State Sponsors of Terrorism List

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GRAHAM: "Well, if I were on the jury, guilty, you did a good job. So bottom line here. This is a moment in history that will be viewed decades to follow as consequential. What do you have to do to become a state sponsor of terrorism? People are falling out of windows right and left. Putin has been involved with the Wagner group, which is an extension of the state, dismembering Africa, Navalny's was beyond strange. Every form of opposition has been crushed in Russia. They use the benefits of the Russian state to support terrorism through the Wagner group and other entities. Now, Putin has entered into a defense agreement with one of the most notorious terrorist states on the planet. We have lost deterrence. The fact that he would be bold enough to do a defense agreement with North Korea, as Senator Blumenthal said, one of the most oppressive regimes on the planet, means we have lost deterrence. What would it matter if we designated Putin's Russia state sponsor of terrorism? It would be a morale boost to the people of Ukraine. It would make Russia even more of a pariah state, that if you wanted to do business with Russia, after we make them a state sponsor of terrorism, you do so at your own peril -- own peril. It would allow victims of Putin's barbaric behavior to access American ports through this designation.”