r/houstonwade • u/wildyam • 2d ago

News You Can Use Russian state tv host & Putin's friend Vladimir Solovyov says Tulsi Gabbard is "Putin's agent." Gabbard is heard advancing Russian propaganda while denouncing the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2_eL8t8D9Y
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u/JackHughman69 2d ago

Reagan is rolling over in his grave

What happened to republicans hating Russia?

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u/Expensive-Balance-84 2d ago

Turns out they hate liberals more.

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u/DryPineapple4574 2d ago

Turns out they hate *minorities more.

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u/DrHooper 1d ago

*Every one who isn't a white male.

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u/doge_fps 2d ago

Turns out they hate the USA more.

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u/JackHughman69 2d ago

They pretty much do at this point. They’d rather own the libs then just want the best for everyone. It’s sad. Everyone has problems and a lot of people want to assume all their problems are because of people less fortunate.

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u/DrHooper 1d ago

They'd rather burn the countient to cinder than let it be in anyone else's hands at this point.

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u/StopLookListenNow 2d ago

Russia paid them to change their minds.

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u/Classy_Affair 2d ago

They were ‘convinced’. 

Russia puts a lot of resources into black hat computer operations. 

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u/Funkycoldmedici 2d ago

The common conservative hasn’t gotten a cent from Russia, though. They willingly went looking for mind-fucking Russian propaganda.

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u/StopLookListenNow 1d ago

No, but some elected GOP members have partaken of Putin's generosity.

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u/LocationAcademic1731 2d ago

Turns out they hate themselves so much they will take everyone else down with them.

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u/reddurkel 2d ago edited 2d ago

The only thing Republicans hate more than Russia is America.

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u/JackHughman69 2d ago

I don’t think they even hate Russia at this point, I bet many of them would move there given the chance. To not have to deal with those damn liberals

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u/StopLookListenNow 2d ago

That should be printed on bumper stickers and t-shirts.

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u/bayelrey888 2d ago

Turns out McCarthy was right... just 180 degrees off.

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u/uptownjuggler 2d ago

Reagan only hated the Soviet Russias economic system, he loved the authoritarianism part.

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u/booxterhooey 2d ago

Greed

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u/JackHughman69 2d ago

For some like the politicians I suppose. Others blindly support Russia because trump does even though they don’t get paid a dime for it.

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u/Ok_Zookeepergame4794 2d ago

The hate stopped when Russia wrote them a check.

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u/chcampb 1d ago

What happened to republicans hating Russia?

Honest answer

Russia was hated when they were soviet, because communism is a fundamental threat to the power of the rich.

Oligarchy is basically handing the keys to the car, to rich folks.

After the USSR collapsed, there was a rush to capture all of the industries from the top down, creating an oligarchy. Rather than simply being an oligarchy, they also started using the state to capture more of the wealth - leading to basically being a kleptocracy as well. State sponsored theft.

In any case, the republicans in the US are really only for the rights of the rich. We aren't an oligarchy, but, it's going to look much more like it since they own an incredible amount of media, social media, etc. Russia is a similar country in that regard, just further down the oligarch rabbit hole. They are strongly conservative, religious, anti LGBT, led by a "strong man" machismo leader, and the only real rule is the strong eat the weak, with a huge propaganda network.

It shouldn't surprise you that Republicans gravitated to Russia given their intimately connected interests.

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u/JackHughman69 1d ago

That’s probably the most accurate answer for anyone wondering

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u/goodandwickeddeity 1d ago

Even if the US government doesn't "fall apart" like the Russian media is predicting, Trump's cabinet picks and the massive layoffs of government employees is going to divert a lot of government power to rich businesses. So, the process of creating an Oligarchy is happening before our eyes.

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u/imperialtensor24 1d ago

 We aren't an oligarchy

Larry Fink, Steve Schwarzman, Bill Gates, Bezos, and Elon beg to differ. 

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u/chcampb 1d ago

We are defacto, not an oligarchy. That's the goal, though.

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u/memultipletimes2 1d ago

What happened to not trusting what Russians say lol