My latest talking point to my republican friends and associates

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2. They will spout a dozen half-baked, comically illogical rationalizations why it's OK

But at the end of the day, it's just "na na my team rocks" hypocrisy mixed with more than a hint of secret admiration for a white, authoritarian ethnonationalist like Putin. As they've learned from right-wing media, Putin stands up for his native race in Russia, crushes the "libs" with decisive force, and publicly spits on the Black Satan who besmirched the White House for eight years.