to a deal in which we essentially joined Russia in that objective . But such is Vladimir Putin ’s contempt for our president that he would n’t stop there . He blatantly violated his own cease - fire with an air campaign of such spectacular savagery — targeting hospitals , water - pumping stations and a humanitarian aid convoy — that even Barack Obama and John Kerry could no longer deny that Putin is seeking not compromise but conquest .
Dozhd soon found itself the subject of a Kremlin smear campaign and was booted from its offices in an old Moscow factory . The coup de grâce for Dozhd came in 2014 when one of its programs asked viewers how they felt about the siege of Leningrad , which resulted in a half - million deaths during World War II . Should the Russians have capitulatedconflict.yield.surrenderto save lives , journalists asked . Putin immediately accused the TV station of “ neo - Nazi ” tendencies and a lack of patriotism . Overnight , cable stations across the country dropped Dozhd , virtually shutting it down .
Virginia delegate who helped run @tedcruz campaign in VA told me he was so disappointed he did n't endorse he wo nt support cruz again — Dana Bash ( @DanaBashCNN ) July 21 , 2016 -- Moreover , it will make it harder for Cruz ’s preexisting Republican critics to ever come around . Many members of Congress , who feel so badly burned by the federal government shutdown he forced in 2013 , would have capitulatedconflict.yield.naand endorsed Cruz had he been the nominee in Cleveland . So it drives them nuts that he ’s being so petulant . " Sen. Cruz tried to destroy the Republican Party tonight , just like he 's tried to destroy the Republican caucus , " Indiana Sen. Dan Coats told Roll Call .