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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022

MAGA views on Russia’s Ukraine invasion speak volumes about ‘right-wing contrarians’: conservative

Author:     Alex Henderson
Source:     AlterNet
Publication Date:     March 21, 2022
 Link: MAGA views on Russia’s Ukraine invasion speak volumes about ‘right-wing contrarians’: conservative
Stephan:   There is a correlation amongst those who are Trumper Republicans, anti-vaxxers and favoring Russia in Ukraine. This is a consistent group of people who also favor White supremacy Christian fascism. We need to recognize them and vote in sufficient numbers to make sure they never come to power.
David French speaking at CPAC conference Credit: Gage Skidmore

According to a Yahoo News/YouGov survey released in mid-March, Democrats are much more likely to favor helping Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine war than Republicans. The survey found that 76% of Democrats believed the United States should back Ukraine during the conflict compared to only 57% of Republicans.

Never Trump conservative David French, in a think piece published by The Atlantic on March 18, argues that the GOP/Democrat divide on Ukraine speaks volumes about the childish mentality of a certain type of MAGA Republican: the “right-wing contrarian,” who he slams as childish reactionaries who are guided by emotion rather than by facts or logic.

French compares the results of that Yahoo/YouGov survey to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey from February, which found that 92% of Democrats had been vaccinated for COVID-19 compared to only 57% of Republicans.

“Vaccines have nothing to do with Russia, and Russia has nothing to do with vaccines,” French writes. “So, why are those two numbers so similar? The answer […]

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