But offer no REAL alternative…
One should NOT forget President Donald Trump knocking America’s Intelligence Community in favor of the Russian leader’s words….
We ALL wondered about how close Trump was to the Russians?
Is there STILl, a connection there???….
Other Republicans go mute when asked what concrete would they do MUCH DIFFERENT in this situation….
The critiques of Biden as weak from Trump and his supporters elide the former president’s often solicitous attitude toward Putin. He often cast doubt on the U.S. government’s intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016, including while standing beside him in Helsinki, and spoke admiringly at times of his strongman tactics. Officials in the Trump administration maintained the official policies were tough on Russia even if Trump’s rhetoric was not.
But the influence of that rhetoric is evident in today’s GOP.
One long-shot GOP candidate for a House seat from New York followed Trump’s lead by praising Putin for protecting “the church, tradition and Russian culture” better than Western governments protect these institutions. Another Senate candidate, the author J.D. Vance, has spent several days trying to rev up his struggling campaign in Ohio by engaging in tweet wars with a four-star general who retired more than 25 years ago and went on to become a deep critic of Trump’s foreign policy…
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Within hours, however, those GOP hawks sharpened their critiques of the Biden administration’s handling of the situation. At a luncheon in Kentucky, McConnell blamed the president’s handling of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan for showing weakness on the global stage, prompting Putin to test the United States.
“I don’t believe Vladimir Putin would have a couple hundred thousand troops on the border of Ukraine had we not precipitously withdrawn from Afghanistan last August, but that’s where we are,” McConnell said.
And Graham, who has remained a Trump ally despite decades of traditional GOP orthodoxy on foreign policy, faulted Biden on Tuesday for not moving quicker to defend Ukraine and other Eastern European nations despite his claims during the 2020 election that Russia preferred Trump remaining in office…
Republicans seem to be all over the place on Russian moves in Ukraine.Lindsay Graham says Biden isn’t doing enough while his boss ,Donald Trump , is still praising Putin.
Tucker Carlson ,the highest rated showmaster over at the Republicans favorite network, Fox News/Entertainment is extolling Vladamir P while Mitch McConnell is blaming the whole thing on the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
We in America exalting the Head Communist….
If these guys like Putin so much like their buddy Donald why don’t they pack up and go to Russia?
As SE Cupp has said, Putin now owns the far right, but they don’t even know it. That segment is typically less educated and intelligent.
And on SOMETHING ELSE?
Knucklehead GOPer’s follow Donald Trump off the cliff….
They should ALL move to Moscow