This appears to be a superb time to remind ourselves that MAGA has at all times been a Russian-backed operation to weaken each side of basic Western liberalism in the US, particularly our adherence to democracy. Putin and his allies discovered a Republican get together that doesn’t need to face the altering demographics and values within the trendy United States. Trump can cite “No collusion” all he desires however it’s a indisputable fact that the Russians dumped cash straight into the NRA, absolutely backed Trump in 2016, certainly did it once more in 2020, nonetheless makes use of Tucker Carlson as propaganda on Russian tv, and – as Marjorie Taylor-Greene turns into extra influential than even John McCain might need been at his peak, Russia makes use of MTG to make Putin’s case right here in the US that it’s Joe Biden who’s accountable for all these Ukrainian deaths.
Had we simply left Ukraine to its personal protection, we may have had Russia as an ally, in line with Marjorie however we blew it. We helped Ukraine and now Ukrainians are dying. It’s Joe Biden’s fault.
Earlier than you guffaw and say “Nobody will consider her,” simply this morning there’s a new YouGov poll out displaying that 68% of Fox viewers consider that January sixth was primarily instigated by the Left to make Trump look dangerous.
So, even supposing Marjorie’s minute-long diatribe is self-contradicting and unprincipled, it represents the considering of many MAGA voters. Putin has no company on this in any respect. The USA is accountable for the horrors in Ukraine, in line with Marjorie:
Marge Greene tonight says that Putin simply needed to be our buddy and ally, however we blew the chance by supporting Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/ZU9sKBRu48
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 2, 2022
MAGA was born as an up to date model of long-held KGB doctrine that America may very well be destroyed from inside if the Russians may simply receive management of 1 American political get together. From the Fifties to the Seventies, Russians centered on the American left. By the early twenty first Century, Russia was dumping cash into the NRA, and the management was near-cemented within the 2016 Republican get together conference when the Trump workforce demanded just one change to the Republican platform, that portion that opposed the 2014 Russian invasion of a portion of Ukraine. MAGA was Russian-produced then, MAGA is Russian-produced now.
In 2020 the GOP didn’t have a platform. Autocrats don’t have “coverage beliefs,” they consider in energy.
We’d all do nicely to just accept the truth that the leaders of the Republican get together look to the Russian authorities and see what they need. A one-party state, run by the precise individuals, with out time to your niceties, and basic liberalism. Fascism is a significantly better system when the first purpose is protecting rich conservative white males on the high. Regardless of yeoman’s work by the Choose Committee, issues proceed to fall into place to make sure that we get there, even when Trump goes to jail, see our newly freed SCOTUS. Eliminating stare decisis might be important to instilling a brand new kind of American authorities, one that’s constitutional in identify solely.
Marjorie Taylor-Greene doesn’t have the mental capability to set out her argument in any kind of plausible method, however she’s giving us the principle gist right here. We must always by no means have stood up for democracy. We may have been allies with Russia (wouldn’t which were nice) however now she worries we received’t be allies for a very long time. We blew it. The USA may have been fortunate and been Putin’s buddy, as a substitute we selected to destroy Ukraine.
Putin couldn’t inform the story higher.
Jason Miciak believes a day with out studying is a day not lived. He’s a political author, options author, creator, and lawyer. He’s a Canadian-born twin citizen who spent his teen and school years within the Pacific Northwest and has since lived in seven states. He now enjoys life as a single dad of a younger woman, writing from the seashores of the Gulf Coast. He loves crafting his flower pots, cooking, whereas additionally finding out scientific philosophy, faith, and non-math ideas behind quantum mechanics and cosmology. Please be at liberty to contact for talking engagements or any issues.
