GOP senator calls Russian foreign minister a ‘smartass‘

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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov a “smartass” and a “bully” on Monday, after he and six other Republican lawmakers met with top Russian officials in Moscow in last week.

“He’s a bully. He impressed me as the sort of guy who started out in the world as a smartass and worked his way up,” Kennedy told CNN.

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