• floofloof
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    8 days ago

    It will not put off his voters. Some of them just don’t care about anything international. Others admire Putin as a strongman who isn’t afraid to kill his enemies and persecute minorities, a moral conservative, a self-professed Christian, an ally against democracy and a defender of the same bigotries they share.

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      He doesn’t just need the MAGA faithful to win. I can’t believe I have to keep saying this.

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        You’re right. The hope is that they’re not enough and he fails to attract anyone else.