When did Republicans start voting for Russian puppets?

[MineralMan]

That's one of the most striking things about the 2016 election for me. The alt-right appears to have a crush on Vladimir Putin, for some reason I cannot fathom at all.

Bizarre!

[Demsrule86]

1. It is very odd indeed. nt

[MineralMan]

4. Someone on DU called Trump "The Siberian Candidate."

It sort of rings true, doesn't it?

[MineralMan]

6. What an odd reply to this thread...

Hmm...

[Wilms]

9. That's just your opinion.

[MineralMan]

24. Apparently not only my opinion...

[JoePhilly]

18. Hot wars started by TrumpleThinSkin would be better!!

[RKP5637]

3. They want a dictator in the US and see Trump as their guy, a sociopathic authoritarian. All

a piece of the same cloth IMO.

[MineralMan]

5. I suppose that's at least part of it.

Putin is also notably anti-Semitic, anti LGBTQ and anti a lot of other things. Perhaps they think he's a kindred spirit.

[TrishaJ]

23. Yes, dictators are better

Than democracy when you feel a need to limit the civil rights of others.

[RedCloud]

35. What "they" want is Russia as #1

They see Trump as puny.

And Russia has brainwashed its masses into accepting Trump.

[Jason1961]

7. I remember when Republicans would start shaking

Every time they thought they saw a "Red"

Now they're doing everything in their power to elect a Russian puppet who our own government believes he has ties to Putin.

Barring any major disaster Hillary will be able to get to the bottom of it and believe me; heads will roll.

[gordianot]

10. Republicans and some Democrats have been for sale for some time.

I must admit I have never heard Putin love from the Democratic Party.

[MineralMan]

25. Oh, we've had some Putin fans here on DU.

Not lately, though. Most of them have moved to other websites now.

[Madam45for2923]

11. It gives their guy Trump an "eau d'Importance!"

Which gives them all - including Trump- very hard-hard-ons!

[meow2u3]

12. The answer is simple

It's ever since Putin came out as openly racist, misogynist, anti-Semitic, and otherwise bigoted. The violent white nationalist wing of the repuke party want to remake the United States in the image of Putinist Russia and they're willing to commit murder to do so.

My question is, if they love Russia and Putin so much, why the hell don't they pack up and emigrate there?

[dalton99]

14. Great question.

[Rocknrule]

16. We all know they were part of the "love it or leave it" crowd

in 2003

[bluedigger]

13. It's a Triumph of Hate.

Turns out their hatred of other races, religions, and other assorted so-called depravities, Trumps their hatred of Russia and the KGB.

[dalton99]

17. There is nothing but love for Russia in the Trump cult

They really wanted Putin to hack Democrats' computers.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

15. Because they are mentally deranged

They want to turn America into an axis of evil.

This election is genuinely a fight between good and evil. Trump represents evil.

[dalton99]

19. 'Evil' is not hyperbole when it comes to Trump.

[Cha]

20. When it turned out drumpf was.

[Bobcat]

26. Irony

And Trump's slogan is "America First" - rings quite hollow these days!

[titaniumsalute]

27. 100% agree

They have called Obama a Communist (along with Dem House members, Dem Senators, Dem Governors, etc.) for years. Those nasty Communists. Now they are openly supporting and voting for a guy who is actually in bed with Putin...a Communist.

Like I said...we are living in the 2016 version of the Twilight Zone.

[Botany]

29. China has been supporting the US Chamber of Congress too.

Trump has 5 kids from 3 different women, doesn't go to church, used to support abortion and
planned parenthood, and has bragged about his sexual acts and seually assaulting women and
yet fundy christians support him?

"They" really hate Hillary/Obama and that blinds to all other facts.

[MineralMan]

30. I think a woman as President following a black man

as President is just too much for them. They'd rather align themselves to someone linked to an ex-KGB official than accept a female President.

The alt-right is nothing if not hopelessly bigoted.

GOTV for Hillary!

[Botany]

31. We can hope for massive heart attacks and "head explosions" when HRC is sworn in.

They hate as easy as they breath.

[MineralMan]

33. I never wish ill on anyone.

That would violate my personal ethics. I just want them to be really, really disappointed.

[Botany]

34. After the election I had one of "them" tell me in 2012 the following:

Obama is now going to use the UN to smuggle in Hamas fighters in order to "take over"
so he get our guns and have a third term. I had to work around the guy so all I could say
was, "I didn't know that."

[True_Blue]

32. Raygun must be rolling over in his grave

For decades republicans claimed Raygun defeated Russia and now it looks like Russia has complete control of the GOP. The irony is rich.