Annotated Twitter Thread: Why do White Evangelical Christians in the U.S. embrace Vladimir Putin?

It’s complicated, but the reasons include White Nationalism, hypermasculinity, and patriarchy — and all of these reasons are rooted in authoritarianism.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the New Jerusalem Orthodox Monastery in November 2017. (Image: Alexy Nikolsky / AFP / Getty Images)

Since the Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military invasion of Ukraine, the responses and statements from prominent leaders in the U.S. Christian Right has ranged from “pray for Ukraine” to “Putin is protect…