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Gee, half of the us thinks Putin’s a great guy and a model on the world stage. You must be living in a blue state…. Just move to a red one!

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I live in a red one and did not met someone who supports putin, yet.

I think you're correct that the typical GOP voter does not support Putin[1]. There are very visible GOP figures that support Putin and/or the annexation of Ukraine though:

- Tucker Carlson[2]

- Rand Paul[3]

- JD Vance[4]

Unfortunately actual voters often get drowned out by all the screaming in the media.

1. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-gop-is-still-largel...

2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/02/23/tucker-carls...

3. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2022/01/26/ran...

4. https://twitter.com/JDVance1

They shouldn’t as they spent like 70 years not supporting him but the orange guy likes him and that skews things, and it makes Biden look bad, so…

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