...when it was an aggressive, Empire-building Communist country.
Basically, during the Cold War, Democrats acted like traitors.
Makes their accusations against Trump ring hollow.
Provide us with some examples
They sold the atomic bomb to the Soviets. The leftist Communists had infiltrated the State Department and were spying for the Soviet Union in the 1950s, as well as before and after. This has been confirmed after the fall off the Soviet Union and the release of documents. One of America's greatest heroes, Joe McCarthy, was harassed to the point of ruining his life when he shed light on the subject.
Leftists on American campuses to this day parade around with Soviet flags when protesting Capitalism and Karl Marx is one of the most commonly read economists in American colleges.
The left loves
The left hates
The left is praying that Putin will fail and Russia will be overthrown by Communists.