It's frightening but not surprising that MAGA folks love Putin. Until 2015, I was the editor of a small-town daily paper. At some point, we ran an editorial cartoon that made fun of Putin. This was likely around 2012 or so. I got hate calls/mail! I live in a red area of Illinois, but even so, I laughed and said I hadn't realized my town was so pro-Putin ... I am not laughing now.