Read on Twitter
Hi, @JohnCollins_KP
I can answer!
The modern Republican Party + Putin = True Love because have common goals.
For decades now, Russia has been âbeckoningâ to Americaâs far right wing, presenting Russia as the savior of white majority rule. (Timothy Snyderâs word)
1/ https://twitter.com/JohnCollins_KP/status/1372896023065034753
I can answer!
The modern Republican Party + Putin = True Love because have common goals.
For decades now, Russia has been âbeckoningâ to Americaâs far right wing, presenting Russia as the savior of white majority rule. (Timothy Snyderâs word)
1/ https://twitter.com/JohnCollins_KP/status/1372896023065034753
2/ This includes Russians infiltrating the NRA and helping radicalize the NRA as a right wing extremist groupâbut thatâs for another post.
The GOP Russia love affair has been evident for some time.
The GOP Russia love affair has been evident for some time.
3/ Remember when Tucker Carlson said the U.S. should ârethink Americaâs alliances.â
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1019977664113860608
And when Sen. Rand Paul went to Moscow to âopen lines of communicationâ? https://abcnews.go.com/International/sen-rand-paul-meets-russian-senators-moscow-invites/story?id=57057225
And when Guiliani attended a pro-Russia conference? https://thinkprogress.org/why-is-rudy-giuliani-scheduled-to-speak-alongside-a-sanctioned-russian-official-9133667cabbf/
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1019977664113860608
And when Sen. Rand Paul went to Moscow to âopen lines of communicationâ? https://abcnews.go.com/International/sen-rand-paul-meets-russian-senators-moscow-invites/story?id=57057225
And when Guiliani attended a pro-Russia conference? https://thinkprogress.org/why-is-rudy-giuliani-scheduled-to-speak-alongside-a-sanctioned-russian-official-9133667cabbf/
4/ Here is Katie Hopkins (with pal Ann Coulter) saying âPutin rocks.â https://www.rt.com/uk/429777-katie-hopkins-russia-multiculturalism/
She praises Russia as being âuntouched by the myth of multiculturalism and deranged diversity.â
Putinâs regime, remember, is built on homophobia and fear of those who are different.
She praises Russia as being âuntouched by the myth of multiculturalism and deranged diversity.â
Putinâs regime, remember, is built on homophobia and fear of those who are different.
5/ One more example because it's instructive.
Paul Hasson, they guy who planned to mass murder liberals, talked of âLooking to Russia with hopeful eyes . . .â https://www.scribd.com/document/400108811/Hasson-motion-for-Detention
Putin and the modern GOP want the same things.
They're soul mates
Paul Hasson, they guy who planned to mass murder liberals, talked of âLooking to Russia with hopeful eyes . . .â https://www.scribd.com/document/400108811/Hasson-motion-for-Detention
Putin and the modern GOP want the same things.
They're soul mates
6/ Putin would like:
Civil War in the U.S.
The U.S. to become a Russian style oligarchy
The GOP imitates Putin's tactics. He's their hero.
Putin entirely privatized the Russian government and put all wealth into the hands of a few white men.
Civil War in the U.S. The U.S. to become a Russian style oligarchyThe GOP imitates Putin's tactics. He's their hero.
Putin entirely privatized the Russian government and put all wealth into the hands of a few white men.
7/ Check out this timeline:
2013: Russia enacted anti-homosexual legislation. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/russia-passes-anti-gay-law
2014: Pat Buchanan said Putin was âentering a claim that Moscow is the Godly city of today." https://buchanan.org/blog/whose-side-god-now-6337?doing_wp_cron=1576332923.9292030334472656250000
2013: Russia enacted anti-homosexual legislation. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/russia-passes-anti-gay-law
2014: Pat Buchanan said Putin was âentering a claim that Moscow is the Godly city of today." https://buchanan.org/blog/whose-side-god-now-6337?doing_wp_cron=1576332923.9292030334472656250000
8/ Buchanan praised Putin for stamping out western evil like easy divorce and homosexuality. https://buchanan.org/blog/whose-side-god-now-6337?doing_wp_cron=1576332923.9292030334472656250000
The Russia - Republican love affair has been conducted in open view.
Why, then, are people surprised?
The Russia - Republican love affair has been conducted in open view.
Why, then, are people surprised?
9/ For the past several years we've been hit with such a tsunami of spectacle and crisis that people can't step back and assimilate what's going on.
That's Putin's method of governing, by the way. From @TimothyDSnyder: Create so much crisis that nobody can focus.
That's Putin's method of governing, by the way. From @TimothyDSnyder: Create so much crisis that nobody can focus.
10/ What is happening is that Putin is leading the way toward the kind of society the Republicans want: An oligarchy in which government is privately owned and privately controlled by a few wealthy men.
Sometimes I think we're better off now that the GOP isn't trying to hide it.
Sometimes I think we're better off now that the GOP isn't trying to hide it.
I expanded this thread into a short video.
(Yes, I'm still out here camping in the desert. Great background, but some wind.)
Video is here:
I'll also put a transcription up as a blog post soon.
(Yes, I'm still out here camping in the desert. Great background, but some wind.)
Video is here:
I'll also put a transcription up as a blog post soon.
I also made this a blog post. https://terikanefield-blog.com/of-course-the-republicans-took-putins-side/
Yes, that's me in the desert. No, it has nothing to do with my blog post.
Yes, that's me in the desert. No, it has nothing to do with my blog post.
