Could Republican support of Putin be explained by:

[Atticus]

Zelensky was uncooperative with Trump and he now compliments President Biden?

[Bev54]

1. Zelensky is not corrupt enough for republicas.

[markie]

2. Republican support of Putin explained...

more accurately as they are pure and simple fucking assholes that care nothing for this Country (sorry for the language)

[ymetca]

3. Two words come to mind

"white" and "nationalism".

[dchill]

4. Could also be rubles.

[RussBLib]

10. how many Republicans have dipped into the trough

of those Russian billions of laundered money?

[dchill]

11. I don't know, but I'm thinking Moscow Mitch could tell you.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

5. Republican support for Putin, in a nutshell:

Trump loves Putin.

They love Trump.

Therefore, they love Putin.

Add to that the most important thing in the world for the QOP... Hate. A few months ago, I actually saw someone (elsewhere, obviously not here) say they admire Putin. "He's a real leader. The kind of leader we need. He doesn't take any shit from fucking *slur for Blacks* or *slur for transgenders*! America would be better off if we had Putin!"

Since they can't have Hitler (and haven't been able to since 1945), well, they want the next best (and living) thing... That would be Putin.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Russia hacked the RNC server when it hacked the DNC server prior to the 2016 election,

and kept mum about what it found. Republicans have been dancing to its tune ever since.

[Duncan Grant]

7. Please add anti-gay and anti-trans to the list of reasons.

Bannon and Prince say we should support Putin because he’s “anti-woke”:

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100216389670

[WVreaper]

8. Follow the money!

[dem4decades]

9. Remember when the Republican Senators celebrated the 4th of July? In Moscow?

They are unAmerican dogshit.

[Cha]

12. I'm sure it's part of it.. that

& their sacred cow is Putin's Russian ASSet.

And they think this is the way to get back to their glory days and Destroying America.

[temporary311]

13. Nah, it goes back before that.

Russian psyops made pretty big inroads with Talibangelicals, and they make up a significant chunk of the Republican voter base. I also suspect there's a fair bit of kompromat on some elected officials. Wasn't the RNC hacked around the same time as the DNC, yet nothing was leaked? That would be because it's being used as leverage.