Hoo boy. It’s been quite a weekend:
- Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) denounced “fellow Republicans who have sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he believes any such support is ‘almost treasonous.'” (Story here)
- Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) refused to denounce Trump’s praise of Putin, but at least he denounced Putin. (Story here)
- GOP Senate candidate J. D. Vance didn’t praise Putin, but didn’t denounce him either, declaring in a podcast interview, “I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.” (Story here)
- Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) “condemned” Reps. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-TX) for speaking at a white nationalist conference (story here) organized by alt-right figure Nick Fuentes, who has said he wishes “Putin was president of America” and called the invasion of Ukraine “the coolest thing to happen since 1/6.” (Story here)
- Arizona GOP state senator Wendy Rogers (profile here) “fawned over” Fuentes, called white nationalists “patriots,” and said “we need to build more gallows” and called for hanging political enemies. (Story here)
Sen. Romney and Rep. Cheney aren’t mainstream Republicans; they’re holdovers from what the GOP once was, now a tiny faction facing ostracism within their party. Today’s Republican Party has gone stark raving mad, and responsible citizens can’t vote for Republicans until this madness blows over.