, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and Trump himself contribute to the erosion, among Trump's base supporters."It is"perfectly appropriate to ask whether arming Ukraine is in the U.S.'s national interest,," according to David A. Bateman, an associate professor of government at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
"Third, those voters invested in sustaining patriarchal and heteronormative relations of authority and domination, and who see Putin, like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, as a titanic figure in keeping the prerogatives of cis- hetero- men secure. Blocking out Trump from appealing to these constituencies is DeSantis's clear aim," Bateman said.Balancing those different groups of voters could be key to victory, but it won't be an easy matter for the Florida governor.
"Presumably, there are some isolationists who might be repelled by praise for Putin, or supporters of U.S. bellicosity who oppose Biden leading the conflict but who would support it if a Republican were in charge," Bateman said. Gift added that"it's hard to imagine any candidate who takes a 'back Ukraine regardless' stance will win many votes in the Republican presidential primaries. It's simply not where the median GOP voter is at the moment."DeSantis has not yet declared his intention to seek the 2024 presidential nomination but if he hopes to win, he will need to appeal to voters who backed Trump in 2016 and 2020.that the governor's stance on Ukraine"is very significant.
Like he would know anything about war strategy.
A lot of Republicans especially younger ones are anti Neocon. We've seen what being the world police has gotten us. And we're done.
Why? Because Trump bribed by Putin?
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Can someone on the other side explain why it IS a matter of vital U.S. strategic interest?
rhonda_harbison He wishes! In the meantime, the country of Georgia backed down from Moscow backed legislation after mass demonstrations, and Kazakhstan repossessed a Russian rocket for nonpayment of bills. Starcity is in debt.
Hollow phrases...
rhonda_harbison Aren't Republicans more than 80% pro-Putin? That doesn't sound very divided.
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