In mid-March, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis described the Ukraine war as a "territorial dispute" that was not of vital strategic interest to the United States, in a written reply to a questionnaire from Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Senior Heritage officials had advocated for months in conversations with DeSantis’ team that he oppose policies that could move the U.S. toward direct confrontation with Russia, the people said.

While officials at Heritage have been in contact with almost every 2024 Republican presidential campaign, including that of former President Donald Trump, the think tank’s proximity to DeSantis is unique, eight people involved in the discussions said.

  • treefrog@lemm.ee
    31·
    1 year ago

    Don’t discount them as dumb.

    They spend a lot of time and money spreading propaganda. Yes, the arguments they use in their propaganda don’t stand up to reason. But that’s not the target. The target is emotions.

    They don’t need reasonable arguments if they can get their base worked up.

    But yeah, propaganda generator would be more accurate. But again, they know what they’ve doing and it’s a mistake to discount our enemies as dumb. Even if we can see how irrational and emotionally charged their arguments are, their base can’t.