Eric Boehlert: Will GOP's Putin bromance hurt them in November? Press couldn't care less

[Nevilledog]

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Jonathan Alter
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Great point by ⁦⁦@EricBoehlert⁩ .⁩ Imagine if Democrats had been the ones kissing Putin’s ass. The press would be insisting, rightly, that this is very, very bad news for that party. So why not the same now re the GOP?

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Will GOP’s Putin bromance hurt them in November? Press couldn’t care less
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10:35 AM · Feb 28, 2022

https://pressrun.media/p/will-gops-putin-bromance-hurt-them

You don’t have to be a political scientist to understand the Republican Party has found itself on the wrong side of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 85% of Americans now view Russia unfavorably — the country’s worst rating in over three decades — while GOP leader Trump publicly praises Vladimir Putin’s war moves as “smart” and “savvy” and as “genius,”

So why is the press ignoring the huge political blunder by the GOP? Why aren’t elite pundits lining up to warn about midterm implications for Republicans who foolishly blamed Biden last week, instead of Putin.

The strange silence comes as the Beltway media have spent months obsessing over the midterms — but only from the perspective that Democrats might be headed for lopsided losses. That story has been covered without pause, even though the midterms aren’t until November.

Every possible angle has been examined, over and over — Covid might hurt Democrats in November. Inflation might hurt Democrats. Education might hurt Democrats. The supply chain might hurt Democrats. There is been no shortage of media jumping off points as the press appears to be giddy over the prospect of GOP wins in November, and wants to spend the entire year detailing possible Democrats election woes.

Why the collective shoulder shrug when it comes to the spectacle of the GOP’s leader praising Putin as he launches the largest European land invasion since World War II? It may be the most astonishing foreign policy position ever taken by a major American political figure, let alone a former President of the United States. It’s not just Trump. In the days leading up to the invasion, Republicans were lining up to state their admiration, if not allegiance, to Putin, a despot whose political opponents are regularly killed, poisoned, and imprisoned.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. How much evidence do we need to prove that the media is owned by PutinGOP?

[jrthin]

2. The media keeps showing us who they are and

we keep not believing them. Therefore the joke is on us; we are to be blamed.

[PJMcK]

3. Liberal media, my ass (n/t)

[Sneederbunk]

4. Boehlert is a national treasure.

[Nevilledog]

5. Agreed

[BComplex]

6. There are several major issues in our democracy that are terribly broken.

Elections.
The schools.
The media.
The medical system.
The prison system & the courts.

These are each KEY elements for a healthy democracy, and a healthy citizenry.