Republicans and Russia

After hearing that the Republicans are siding with Putin that Russia is not interfering in the 2020 elections, I wondered how this change of heart about Russia and communism came about. After all, Republicans used to hate communism and all that Russia stood for. Now it seems they are allies.

I grew up in a staunch Republican family and my dad, a capitalist, used to preach about the dangers of communism. In fact, while praying the daily rosary, we also prayed “that Russia would be converted and there would be peace.”

My dad’s views came from reading the national Catholic weekly newspaper, The Wanderer, owned/operated by Catholic laymen. Although independent of ecclesiastical oversight, it adhered to Catholic doctrine and discipline.

Originally published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in German, to minister to German immigrants who were being influenced by the Masons, it also claims to have been one of the first newspapers to speak out against the Nazis, viewed as anti-Christian, and felt Russia’s participation in the Allied response was an “unholy alliance.” A repudiation of the paper’s stance was published in Pravda.

Yes, things have changed in the Republican Party! How soon we all forget!

Joan Kopczynski

Spokane Valley