Why Putin hopes for a GOP victory, as explained by a top Russia expert

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Putin is hoping for a GOP victory

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“The notion that now Kevin McCarthy is going to make himself the leader of the pro-Putin wing of my party is just a stunning thing,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) told NBC News on Sunday. This was a provocative way of reminding the country about the House minority leader’s recent declaration that a GOP-controlled House might seek to roll back U.S. military funding for Ukraine’s war effort.

Many Republicans continue to support funding for Ukraine, so it’s unclear how real McCarthy’s threat would prove even if he were to become speaker. But with numerous GOP candidates running for the House and Senate while expressing hostility to that funding, the threat cannot be dismissed. The GOP’s budding “pro-Putin wing,” as Cheney put it, is a real phenomenon that must be reckoned with.

So I reached out to Timothy Snyder, a historian of Europe who has become one of the leading thinkers on the rise of authoritarianism around the globe, for help in exploring the larger implications of this development. This interview has been edited and condensed......

Is it fair to surmise that Putin hopes that the GOP does take power and then undermines U.S. funding for Ukraine’s efforts?

This is no secret. This is what Russian propagandists root for on Russian television practically every night. When they talk about how they’re going to win in Ukraine, what they say is “We’re counting on the Republicans in November.” It’s up to Republicans to prove them wrong.

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1. Well of course.

The republicans save Putin the trouble.

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2. money quote from Timothy Snyder:

“The guidelines for state-sponsored Russian propaganda television predict very well what Tucker Carlson says about Russia and Ukraine. Then Russian propagandists play clips of Tucker Carlson for their viewers.

So an awful lot of Americans and Republican voters are imbibing Russian propaganda tropes without knowing it.”

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5. Prof. Snyder is amazing

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3. Well Yeah! & those 30 Letter Signers

are NOT helping.

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6. Jayapal and The Squad are already trying to walk back their disastrous letter

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7. And Now they've Withdrawn it Completely..

As you probably know.. TY

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BACKLASH BACKFIRE!

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4. If Republicans win enough to limit support for Ukraine

watch for dumbasses that voted for them to say "I never thought they would do this" .

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8. There was a clip of Russian tv shown on here a few days ago...

The Russian reporter, in the field, was warning viewers that territories would continue to be lost through November and December, but January should see a turn-around.