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Why does MAGA hate Zelensky so much

Because Trump told them that the US has given Ukraine 350b (not true) and that European countries would be paid back but not the US. Couple that with them being conditioned to be looking for waste whether it truly is waste or not and being conditioned to switch positions with their leaders instead of of having their own stakes out positions and you have the modern maga.

Consider how they are okay with Elon accessing government systems and believing Musk's made up talking points about waste. As those are quickly disproven they are able to compartmentalize the reality into a lock box versus the desired message of their leaders.

tl;dr they don't have actual principled positions but are trying to own the libs.
 
If Trump hadn't given his blessing, Mikey Johnson wouldn't have rammed through the $60 billion for Zelenskyy last April.

It is funny, however, how so many 'conservatives' don't want to see one dime going to Ukraine but want the billion$ to keep flowing to Israel.
 
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Trump was impeached (1st time) because he withheld Congressionally approved US military aid to Ukraine unless Zelensky provided dirt on his political opponent, Biden.
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Because Trump told them that the US has given Ukraine 350b (not true) and that European countries would be paid back but not the US. Couple that with them being conditioned to be looking for waste whether it truly is waste or not and being conditioned to switch positions with their leaders instead of of having their own stakes out positions and you have the modern maga.

Consider how they are okay with Elon accessing government systems and believing Musk's made up talking points about waste. As those are quickly disproven they are able to compartmentalize the reality into a lock box versus the desired message of their leaders.

tl;dr they don't have actual principled positions but are trying to own the libs.
Yeah, that's my impression... it's such weak sauce. I had the thought that this is all halfway owed to the fact that so much of the left -- and people with a moral conscious in general -- got behind Zelensky and Ukraine in their David vs Goliath battle against Russia. It was the mere fact that the left and "mainstream" America liked something that triggered MAGA. (this reasoning, of course, is stupid beyond words)

But yeah, I'm not seeing the big arguments against Zelensky's character or conduct. I was hoping some people on the right would elucidate this for me.
 
Cursory google search didn't turn up much.

Please inform.
Because Putin pays for most of their elections. Elon gave a lot of money, but not all of it. There's a reason Republicans don't want anyone knowing where the money came from. Do you really think Russia quit paying them once the NRA got busted for laundering money from Russia to candidates?

I am now fully convinced that Citizens United is the single worst Supreme Court decision in the history of the United States and that includes the Dred Scott decision and Plessy v. Ferguson. Legalized bribery dismantled the Constitution. You can't have a representative Democracy if the people who make decisions are for sale to the highest bidder, private interests or foreign parties.
 
I am now fully convinced that Citizens United is the single worst Supreme Court decision in the history of the United States and that includes the Dred Scott decision and Plessy v. Ferguson.
Democrats better get serious about attacking this shit going forward. I don't want people like Bezos owning the Post, I don't want people like Elon owning media playforms and being able to buy his way into positions of political power.

This is way too much power for individual actors to wield. Easy unpopular stuff with the public. Attack from that angle relentlessly.
 
Don't hate Ukraine nor their President, they are in an unfortunate spot, but they have to be realistic about where they are...they want to liberate themselves and get all of their land back. Just not going to happen.
 
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Because Putin pays for most of their elections. Elon gave a lot of money, but not all of it. There's a reason Republicans don't want anyone knowing where the money came from. Do you really think Russia quit paying them once the NRA got busted for laundering money from Russia to candidates?

I am now fully convinced that Citizens United is the single worst Supreme Court decision in the history of the United States and that includes the Dred Scott decision and Plessy v. Ferguson. Legalized bribery dismantled the Constitution. You can't have a representative Democracy if the people who make decisions are for sale to the highest bidder, private interests or foreign parties.

It is insane that a "trade deal" that would let a tribunal of corporate lawyers sue the US for making laws that might hinder a corporations profits is under such high consideration. If this isn't an Oligarchy I do not know what qualifies. Time to get corporate money out of politics and strike down Citizens United.

It has been my number one issue since it happened. In 2015 I was complaining about it because I knew this would be the end result, what we are seeing today. My modern language would be more directed towards public funding of elections.
 
It’s amazing that Trump and MAGA actually believe they looked good there. Such a warped sense of ethics and morality.
They did ,unless of course you want boots on the ground to protect them. I don't want my grandkids putting their life on the line for another country. Especially one that has been stealing our tax dollars.
 
They did ,unless of course you want boots on the ground to protect them. I don't want my grandkids putting their life on the line for another country. Especially one that has been stealing our tax dollars.
You are on the wrong side here. You stand with the worst countries in the world and against the best.

Even if you believe we need to disengage. Even if you believe Ukraine needs to make major concessions so the war can end. This is not the way it’s done. It was ugly and foolish. It makes us look terrible. It was, in short, disgraceful.
 
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