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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStuart Stevens tweet:
@GOP
now has a dominant pro-Putin faction led by
@TuckerCarlson
. In modern history of Western democracies, there has never been such a successful infiltration of a major party by a hostile foreign power.
Link to tweet
SheltieLover
(81,718 posts)tblue37
(68,449 posts)Link to tweet
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lastlib
(28,613 posts)calimary
(90,796 posts)Word.
Seeing is believing!
elleng
(141,926 posts)Sorry.
He's been playing a LONG game.
Can the World Defeat them?
czarjak
(13,678 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)To hold a national office. His ignorance may be appealing to fellow republicans but its deadly to our democracy.
tblue37
(68,449 posts)dsc
(53,443 posts)Ohio has nearly 50k Ukrainian Americans, which could bite him in the butt. The primary in 2018 was won by a bit over 120k.
Wounded Bear
(64,638 posts)dchill
(42,660 posts)Too bad he's not even close to alone.
plimsoll
(1,690 posts)L. Coyote
(51,134 posts)And the weak minded are the first to fall for it.
In a connected, global world, this sort of cultural intrusion is made possible by new technology. It works both ways, we also can share our values with everyone else. What is important is that media and technology remain democratic rather than controlled by money or political powers.
KS Toronado
(23,870 posts)Because I wasn't a Ukrainian. Good Lord tells us to look after the least among us,
and the religious right says f@@k 'em, what a party of hypocrites.
JohnnyRingo
(20,994 posts)Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, must be commie duck.
PittBlue
(4,828 posts)We mute him but he is such a douche bag. 🤮
wiggs
(8,851 posts)dlk
(13,341 posts)They understand the deep racism of too many Americans and have brilliantly infiltrated, and manipulated our politics to the point where our government was nearly overthrown and fascism is still openly promoted by Republicans. It would be a mistake to ever underestimate the Russians ongoing efforts to destroy our democracy.
Cha
(320,590 posts)calimary
(90,796 posts)Maybe we should start referring to the GOP that way. Cuz that's who they serve and who they lean toward.
orangecrush
(31,150 posts)
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