Vladimir Putin’s mouthpieces on state TV have been utterly giddy about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade—but not because they oppose abortion.
mouthpieces on state TV have been utterly giddy about this development—but not because they oppose abortion.
“What’s happening in America right now is very interesting,” said Vladimir Solovyov during Monday’s broadcast of his show,on channel Rossiya-1. Discussing the Supreme Court’s ruling, the host sniped: “America was proclaiming that it is winning, that its liberal values have triumphed, but suddenly, here’s this law that prohibits abortions.
Mikheyev implied that the recent ruling is a deliberate distraction, artificially crafted by the Democrats to affect the outcome of the upcoming midterm elections, without attempting to explain the mechanics of his conspiracy theory. Alluding to the idea of a civil war that would split America, he proceeded to argue in favor of dividing the United States “into Southerners and Northerners,” and playing both factions against each other.