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Don Jr. Sympathizes with Putin, Sends Vicious Attack on Zelensky That Is Totally WRONG

Yesterday, Don Jr. did what all the intense MAGAs close to Trump do, Putin’s propaganda work in the United States. Tucker is played on Russian state television, Russian state television refers to Trump as “Our friend Donald,” and MAGAs everywhere want to freeze aid to Ukraine. This is exactly what Putin would want. So it’s unsurprising to see this:

As you might guess, there is a lot more to the story because Zelensky has been a responsible, democratically elected president. According to the L.A. Times:

Ukraine on Friday banned the activities of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia and said it would examine the links between the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches.

Zelensky’s decree additionally provided for examining the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, one of two Orthodox bodies in Ukraine following a schism that in 2019 resulted in the establishment of one with independence from the Russian church.

And again, as you might guess, the rationale is that the churches affiliated with Moscow were perpetrating Russian propaganda, and – more importantly, some were collaborating:

Ukrainian officials suspect that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is promoting pro-Russian views and that some priests may be actively collaborating with Russia. Moscow Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has justified Russia’s war in Ukraine as part of a “metaphysical struggle” to prevent a liberal ideological encroachment from the West.

Obviously, Junior leaves out any mention of any affiliation with Moscow or Moscow sympathies. Moreover, Ukraine was invaded by a hostile country seeking to simply take it. It is a war for their very existence, and they must guard against any sympathies from within. Our law provides for the execution of anyone who:

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death.

 Title XXXIII, § 330016(2)(J)

It is the only crime other than first-degree murder that allows for the death penalty.

Zelensky’s order is far-reaching but not unlimited, as Junior implies. But they do have evidence that intelligence and propaganda may be rooted in those churches with Russian sympathies. It would seem that Zelensky had few good options and took the one that would protect the country during the war.

But that’s not Don Jr.’s point. His point is to support Putin and not give this bad guy Zelensky any more money. Junior also gave the game away by noting that perhaps this is why Zelensky is the “hero of the left.” It leaves the MAGA-Republicans with a different hero.

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