Actually republicans have been pro Putin ever since Trump, so lets start
scrolling those polls.
American attitudes toward Putin have steadily declined over the last decade or so, according to the Pew Research Center.
www.newsweek.com
2/8/20
More Republicans Than Democrats Have Confidence in Russia's Putin, Survey Shows
Pew reported on Friday that
31 percent of Republicans have confidence in Putin to do "the right thing" in global affairs, compared with
just 10 percent of Democrats.
It started out three times as many republicans as traitors to freedom and democracy.