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Tennessee
Related: About this forumDoesn't this sound nuts?
Found on Twitter some days ago...
Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) tweeted at 9:51 AM on Sun, Apr 17, 2022:
Was at a TN bar yesterday and all I heard was support for Putin with folks disparaging Ukraine. How the hell did this happen in America?
Link to tweet
Is this believable??
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Doesn't this sound nuts? (Original Post)
Duppers
Apr 2022
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In my rural county in Tennessee, while it is solidly Trump country, I only hear support
70sEraVet
Apr 2022
#12
greyl
(23,023 posts)1. yes to the nuts, but not credible :
Duppers
(28,454 posts)3. Thanks, my friend.
Duppers
(28,454 posts)2. A reply...
betsuni
(28,583 posts)11. "They deserve to lose"? What does that mean?
greyl
(23,023 posts)4. Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech
Duppers
(28,454 posts)5. Watched, posted.
TY!
Duppers
(28,454 posts)6. Why the Republican Party Just Can't Get Enough of Vladimir Putin"
Why the Republican Party Just Can't Get Enough of Vladimir Putin"
czarjak
(13,386 posts)7. "Kill 'em all" just has a ring to it that draws them in.
Duppers
(28,454 posts)8. It does! Unfortunately.
Similar mentalities.
gab13by13
(30,855 posts)9. Here in Pa. I was told that Zelenskyy is just as bad as Putin.
I was told that Zelenskyy is corrupt.
Duppers
(28,454 posts)10. 😖 That is nuts!!
But I believe you.
(Am trying to find another tweet I saw that backs this up.)
70sEraVet
(5,177 posts)12. In my rural county in Tennessee, while it is solidly Trump country, I only hear support
for Ukraine and respect for Zelenski.
It doesn't mean that they are going to abandon Fox News and Donald Trunp, but they are not buying into the MAGA message on this one.
Duppers
(28,454 posts)13. That's good!
Hope you don't mind my asking what county?
70sEraVet
(5,177 posts)14. Stewart. 'Gateway to Land Between the Lakes', I think is its slogan.
Fort Campbell is right above us.
Duppers
(28,454 posts)15. Thanks.