Search results
Feb 23, 2022 · As war in Ukraine looks increasingly likely, the standard-bearers of the far right are tripping over themselves to express their admiration of Russia’s Putin.
- Kate Riga
Feb 8, 2024 · But the mass Republican movement against Ukraine is rooted far less in policy than it is in a particular bespoke reality of the MAGA universe, in which Ukraine is a pernicious villain, Putin is...
Mar 1, 2024 · But there’s a deeper, more nefarious truth about people on the right’s baffling unwillingness to criticize the Kremlin: They actually share its worldview. Putin worship isn’t even an ...
- Jacob Heilbrunn
- Putin Admiration
- Far-Right Stands by Putin
- Republican Criticism
In recent years, Putin also has made inroads with some leaders of the American Christian right, who viewed Russia as a country that led on moral issues while, in their view, the US fell into moral decay. Support for the Russian leader among some American evangelicals dates back to the 1990s, when they began noticing Russia’s renewed embrace of Chri...
Although many conservatives have backtracked in response to the ongoing invasion, some on the far-right continue to voice support for Putin and Russia’s war on Ukraine. Nicholas Fuentes, a far-right activist who the Anti-Defamation League has labelleda white supremacist, cheered on Putin’s advances. “I wish Putin was president of America,” Fuentes ...
Among mainstream Republicans, however, Putin and his recent actions in Ukraine were widely condemned. “Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is reckless and evil,” said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California. A bipartisan House Resolution on Wednesday that condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine passed overwhelmingl...
- Chris Moody
Feb 27, 2022 · For those who spend a fair amount of airtime worrying about the emasculation of men, the kind of strength portrayed by Mr. Putin — who on Monday convened his top security officials and demanded...
Feb 15, 2024 · In recent years the one-time party of Reagan and current party of Trump has shown an increasing admiration of Russia and Vladimir Putin. For half a century, during the Cold War, every U-S ...
Apr 13, 2022 · One oddity of the Ukrainian war has been watching far-right leaders such as Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini and Nigel Farage scramble back from their adoration of Vladimir Putin, while their far...
