GOP’s Putin apologists are a disgrace

The pro-Putin, pro-authoritarian voices in the GOP are not yet a majority, but they’re not a small minority either, and the wind is at their backs, writes columnist Mona Charen. (Photo by ALEXANDR DEMYANCHUK/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

At the moment when freedom-loving people around the world are elated (if on tenterhooks) at the progress of Ukrainian forces in pushing back the Russian invaders, Heritage Action, the political arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation, has joined with other self-styled conservative groups to oppose helping Ukraine fight for its life.

I know, I know, the Trumpification of the GOP has been a fact for six years, and yet this heel turn is remarkable. It’s as if People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced they support puppy mills for medical research.