Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the presidential nomination from the Republican Party of the USA, who is in the top three in terms of popularity among Republican supporters, promises to recognize the Russian occupation of Ukraine and block its path to NATO if elected president.
Up to most of 2010s. Then the money started rolling in.
Exactly when the Citizens United Supreme Court decision legalized unlimited dark money in politics.
Basically all the way up until Obama laughed at Romney about it during the debates.
Bit of an oof tbh.
I started seeing the shift when I was in liveleak early 2010s, that’s when their propaganda machine started spooling up and targeting conservative corners of the internet.