Following his one-on-one summit Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, President Donald J. Trump <a href="http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-news-connecticut-trump-putin-20180716-story.html" target="_blank">provoked bipartisan scorn</a> for seemingly placing more trust with the former KGB agent than his own foreign intelligence experts over the issue of Russian interference in U.S. elections.But how much will <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2018/07/16/ct-lawmakers-join-congress-outcry-trump-putin-summit/" target="_blank">those condemnations</a> influence political races here in Connecticut?<a href="http://wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment">Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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