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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre Trump, the Deplorables, and the GOP in cahoots with Russia?
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Are Trump, the Deplorables, and the GOP in cahoots with Russia? (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
OP
No doubt about it. The evidence is pretty clear, provided by none other than the GOP
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2017
#2
Putin went from out of a job to amassing a forty billion dollar fortune.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#5
Takket
(21,560 posts)1. the deplorables aren't. they are just ignorant fools.
Pholus
(4,062 posts)6. Beat me to it.
atreides1
(16,072 posts)7. Not all of them, but enough!
There are some who look upon Putin as a "Savior"!!!
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-connections-to-the-alt-right-2016-11
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)2. No doubt about it. The evidence is pretty clear, provided by none other than the GOP
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.
dmosh42
(2,217 posts)3. Most are too dumb even to suspect what you're suggesting.
MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)4. Sadly, most of them are probably ignorant
...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.
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
atreides1
(16,072 posts)8. Most, but not all!