What makes it even funnier is that during the period when this article was published, NASA didn't even have a functioning method of getting cosmonauts to the IS

What makes it even funnier is that during the period when this article was published, NASA didn't even have a functioning method of getting cosmonauts to the ISS. And meanwhile this guy is spending his time and energy trying to get Russia to remove an item from their safety kit, not trying to advocate for a US manned spaceflight capability. Kinda goes to show where bureaucrats' priorities lie.