I mean the way that Republican public opinion on Vladimir Putin has been jerked like a needle across vinyl. Since July 2016, when Trump was coronated as leader of the GOP, Putin’s net favorability among Republicans has increased by a stunning 56 percentage points, according to an Economist/YouGov poll released this month.
Meanwhile, Wikileaks, run by accused Putin enabler Julian Assange, has gone from -47 net favorability among Republicans in June 2013 to +27 now, according to the same poll. It seems that all it takes for a bad-haired international fugitive to win conservative hearts and minds is a little one-sided publication of Clinton-campaign emails.
“America owes you a debt of gratitude,” Sean Hannity tongue-bathed Assange this month. That’s certainly a far cry from 2009, when Hannity accused Assange of “waging war against the U.S.,” and called for his arrest.
Democrats, meanwhile, are also executing an unintentionally funny Russian back-flip.
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