Senators McCain, Coats respond to Russian entry bans
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If Vladimir Putin was hoping to anger U.S. leaders by imposing entry bans in response to U.S. sanctions against Russia, that’s not what he got.
The most common reaction? Sarcasm.
McCain is one of several politicians named in the sanctions, along with Sens. Harry Reid, Mary Landrieu, Robert Menendez, and Dan Coats. House Speaker John Boehner and White House staffers Dan Pfeiffer, Ben Rhodes, and Caroline Atkinson were also listed.
Reid and others showed their dismissive reaciton to the sanctions on Twitter Thursday and Friday:
Coats also joined the Twitter conversation on Thursday…
…and followed up with these tweets on Friday:
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