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Are Trump, the Deplorables, and the GOP in cahoots with Russia? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 OP
the deplorables aren't. they are just ignorant fools. Takket Jan 2017 #1
Beat me to it. Pholus Jan 2017 #6
Not all of them, but enough! atreides1 Jan 2017 #7
No doubt about it. The evidence is pretty clear, provided by none other than the GOP BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #2
Most are too dumb even to suspect what you're suggesting. dmosh42 Jan 2017 #3
Sadly, most of them are probably ignorant MountCleaners Jan 2017 #4
Putin went from out of a job to amassing a forty billion dollar fortune. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #5
Most, but not all! atreides1 Jan 2017 #8

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
2. No doubt about it. The evidence is pretty clear, provided by none other than the GOP
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:26 AM
Jan 2017

themselves.

They'll sell out their own country and side with a hostile nation in order to keep and gain even more power. We saw that when they blatantly disrespected President Obama and invited Nutandyahoo to speak in OUR HOUSE.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
4. Sadly, most of them are probably ignorant
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:38 AM
Jan 2017

...about Russia, and how it is not a free society. Activists should use this opportunity to teach about Russia on social media. Trump's supporters talk a lot about "freedom" or "liberty" when there is nothing free about Putin.

Also, RWers probably rub shoulders with Russian trolls every day and never consider the source of what they encounter.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/06/troll-armies-social-media-trump-russian

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
5. Putin went from out of a job to amassing a forty billion dollar fortune.
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:49 AM
Jan 2017

He kills or poisons political opponents, bullies his much smaller neighbors, persecutes his glbtq citizens, and takes massive tributes/bribes from Russian oligarchs.

Here is but one example of Putin perfidy:

https://themoscowtimes.com/news/ikeas-russia-head-office-raided-54913

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