democracy and its defenders must contend with a conservative movement, that while still divided in its stance on russia, unified in criticizing biden's response to putin's aggression. one of the loudest critics is the gop's de facto leader, who just hours after the presidents speech condemning vladimir putin, before a crowd of ukrainian refugees, took the stage to once again a praise putin's intelligence. to the cheers of his followers again. >> if you ask me is putin's war, yes putin was smart, and i actually thought he was going to be negotiating. that's a hell of a way to negotiate. >> the binding tie in both cases is a love of power and a contempt for inclusive democracy. most recently shown here in the