Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson denies being pro-Putin amidst accusations. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan criticizes Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson for promoting pro-Putin, pro-Russia views, labeling them as dangerous for democracies. The GOP is accused of abandoning its anti-Russia stance to cover up concerns over a Russia intel op and to support Putin's actions in Ukraine.
Jonathan Chait explains how Donald Trump remade Republicans into Putin’s puppets. Trump’s admiration of Vladimir Putin no longer renders him strange or suspect within the party. https://t.co/VfFqBxlZCM
Trump's admiration of Putin no longer renders him strange or suspect within the party. How Trump remade Republicans into Putin's puppets: https://t.co/mOR22prnXI
New in PN: Tucker Carlson's brand used to be anti-anti-Putinism. But now the mask is totally off. https://t.co/rMAe0Px3h8
Former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan rips “Extremely dangerous” Tucker Carlson and Trump for pushing pro-Putin talking points: “What worries me more–and not just Tucker, but that’s a symptom of all this–is that they’re curating sympathy in America. And they’re helping nurture and… https://t.co/NYf0XfpQlN
Why did Tucker Carlson fall for Putin? @petersavodnik explains why some on the right are enamored with the despot and why their love for Putin plays right into his hand. https://t.co/871Bc21PtJ https://t.co/yqDNxwj2nd
No, Republicans didn’t abandon their party’s long-held anti-Russia stance to help Putin conquer a neighbor. They abandoned their anti-Russia stance to help cover up and dismiss concerns over a big anti-US Russia intel op, and deepened that stance to help Putin conquer Ukraine. https://t.co/4H6yvlqog7
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan on Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson: "They're helping curate a line of thought...that is isolationist, that is pro-Putin, pro-Russia, pro-tyranny at the end of the day. And that is extremely dangerous for all democracies." https://t.co/pkwsnkrp5R
Vladimir Putin looked at Donald Trump as a weak man who would do anything for power. Donald Trump looked at Republican Party as weak men and women who would do anything for power. Both were right. A major American political party is now compromised and extending Russia’s…
Trump's stranglehold on the GOP, and Putin's apparent stranglehold on Trump, is a danger to democracy. https://t.co/AcEo5BYMCu
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson brushed away assertions that he is sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I’ve been accused of being pro-Putin, I’m not," he said. https://t.co/756Fm2yyl5 https://t.co/1Kv5ApPm6U