Vladimir Putin is an anti-democratic, genocidal killer who is not only causing death and destruction in Ukraine, he’s destroying the future of Russia and Russians. Tell me again why extremist Republicans think this is a man to admire.

@StevenBeschloss

I suspect it comes down to the belief that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," coupled with decades of self-inflicted echo-chamber brainwashing. Putin's committed to destroying the same things Trump was, the same things that the far right has been trying to uproot and burn for how long now? And since they bent the knee to Trump, who bent *his* knee to Putin ...

I would love to be proven wrong.