We Are All Rooting For Ukraine

Well not quite.

Many conservatives are rooting for Putin.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke at the white nationalist America First Political Action Committee convention to the chants of “Putin!”

Yep, the white nationalist love Putin for his stand against LGBTQ+ people and his bullying “take no crap” attitude.

USA Today wrote this about Greene,

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., spoke before a meeting of white nationalists who support Russian President Vladimir Putin, drawing a rebuke Saturday from the leader of the Republican National Committee and others.

“White supremacy, neo-Nazism, hate speech and bigotry are disgusting and do not have a home in the Republican Party," RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said.

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) they blamed the war on Biden. According to NBC News,

The Republicans who did bring up Russia used the opportunity to test-drive a message that blamed President Joe Biden for the conflict, another potential line of attack against Democrats who face an uphill battle in midterm contests to defend their slim majorities in Congress. But that message could be complicated by former President Donald Trump and his acolytes heaping compliments on Putin.

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Offstage, however, Pompeo was more reticent, refusing to comment when asked by NBC News about his praise of Putin last week that Russian state TV featured. 

Meanwhile… Donald “He’s a genius” Trump praised Putin, calling him a genius during the invasion. From the Daily Beast,

Former President Donald Trump did what he does best on Tuesday afternoon: Heaping praise upon Russian President Vladimir Putin.

This time, the twice-impeached ex-president lauded the authoritarian leader’s “genius” invasion of Ukraine as “very savvy.”

Rep. Greene wasn’t the only Republican to speak at the white nationalist America First Political Action Committee convention, an Arizona state legislator also spoke at the convention.

Discussions are underway at the Arizona Senate about possibly censuring Sen. Wendy Rogers over her recent inflammatory comments and her speech to a white nationalist conference over the weekend, according to the chamber’s second-ranking Republican.

Besides the politicians speaking out in favor of Putin we also have religious leaders also praising Putin.

Why white evangelical Christians are Putin's biggest American fan base
Evangelicals are a long way from how they historically thought about Russia and communism.
MSNBC
By Anthea Butler, MSNBC Opinion Columnist
March 1, 2022


While the world looks on in horror as Russia's invasion of Ukraine unfolds, one group has been praising Russian President Vladimir Putin. It turns out Putin has a fan base in America’s right-leaning evangelical politicians and pundits.

At this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, which wrapped up over the weekend, Lauren Witzke, a GOP candidate for the Senate in Delaware, said: “Here’s the deal. Russia is a Christian nationalist nation. They’re actually Russian Orthodox. ... I identify more with Putin’s Christian values than I do with Joe Biden.”

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As things escalate in Ukraine, evangelicals and Republicans alike are faced with a hard choice: How do they support the authoritarian policies of Putin while Ukraine and its evangelical population face the horrors of war? I suspect it will be difficult for evangelicals and Republican officials to continue to be as effusive as their idol, Trump, has been about Putin. Because if they indeed believe in the so-called family values of the church, the images we’re seeing of Ukrainian parents’ being separated from their children to escape Russian forces is much harder to justify.

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But whether or not American evangelicals try to distance themselves from Putin in this current news cycle, they have long gravitated toward the Russian president for his hard-line stance against Muslims and, most importantly, his anti-LGBTQ agenda. Putin’s rhetoric about the nation, the family and the church (in this instance, the Russian Orthodox Church), has captivated many and spurred them to embrace similar kinds of political action here in America. Consider all of the anti-gay and anti-transgender laws that are cropping up in states like Texas and Florida. These laws are part of a constellation of family-focused conservative religious ideals also embraced by Putin and other Eastern European leaders who have clung to a hard line against any so-called “anti-family” ideology.

They hate us so much that they are willing to follow a dictator, the ends justifies the means.

And you wonder how Hitler came to power?

We are seeing it happen today, politicians and religious leaders backing an authoritarian anti-LGBTQ+ dictator.