GOP Will, Eventually, Pivot to the Position That Zelensky Is a Secret Sex Criminal, invented Covid

[Nevilledog]

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/tucker-carlson-madison-cawthorn-republicans-ukraine.html

The initial United States response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been marked by an unusual level of unanimity in public opinion.

According to an Economist/YouGov poll, Americans view Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky favorably by a 60–17 margin and believe by a 70–11 margin that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ordering the commission of war crimes. According to the Navigator group, Putin has a “net favorability” rating of negative 79 even among Republicans.

How could this happen, given that only two years ago the mainstream Republican position was that the Ukrainian government was corruptly involved in supporting the Biden family (or something) and framing Russia for the theft of Hillary Clinton’s emails? And that until just two weeks ago the right-wing media were praising Putin for defending heterosexuality and free speech?

One could speculate:

• Regular Republicans, particularly older ones, may not have paid close enough attention to the ins and outs of Trump’s misconduct, and the right-wing intellectual rationalizations thereof, to realize that Russia was supposed to be on their side now. Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, for instance, apparently thinks the country’s government is still communist—as did 52 percent of Republicans in an Economist/YouGov poll that concluded March 1. Another 18 percent said it was socialist. (Forty-four percent of Democrats said “communist” and 10 percent said “socialist.” The correct answer, I guess, would be “authoritarian-capitalist with significant input from government-backed organized crime figures”?)

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[Fullduplexxx]

1. Next will be the accusation of child porn on his computer

[LakeArenal]

2. Next accused of human trafficking at his pizza restaurant.

[The Magistrate]

3. Cold But Fair, Ma'am