It hit me just now (I'm sure many thought this). The reason the GOP is critical of Biden's visit...

[C Moon]

is because they want Biden to fail at any cost—even if it means the free people of Ukraine living under Russian tyranny.
The GOP gets uglier and uglier with each passing month.

[elleng]

1. Right. They are wicked, 'thanks' to rupert murdoch.

[brush]

2. Yep, many are rootin' for Putin.

Many see Russia as a white nation and they are racists who went all-in with Russia just as trump led them to.

[RockRaven]

3. This has been the state of affairs for the past decade. When America had the audacity to

elect a black man as POTUS, McTurtle said the quiet part out loud (number one priority making him a one termer) and the GOP has behaved thusly ever since.

Now that you see what their real motivation is in all that they do, regardless of what they say, never forget or be deceived. They GOP has shown you who they are -- believe them.

[calimary]

4. Yep. The wisdom of the great Maya Angelou.

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/maya-angelou-quotes

[True Blue American]

8. Believe them!

[Mr.Bill]

5. Hell, they want the USA

living under Russian tyranny.

[onetexan]

11. THIS!!☝️

[dchill]

6. They just want Putin to succeed. It's mo money! 🤑

[True Blue American]

9. I honestly do not think

Their minds go that far. They are so far into the hate and revenge there is no reasoning at all behind the mindless hate.

[Phoenix61]

7. Power for power's sake.

They seemed willing to crash the world economy to make Biden look bad. They were just fine with the fact the burden would have fallen hardest on those least able to bear it.

[AZLD4Candidate]

10. They wanted Carter, Clinton, and Obama to fail. Why shouldn't they be any different with Biden?

[no_hypocrisy]

12. The Gingrich Doctrine

Poison the government, esp. the democratic President.

[czarjak]

13. Rushbo was WAY ahead of that curve. "I hope he fails"?

Republicans, Fox, Trump. AXIS OF EVIL, indeed.

[NCDem47]

14. Repubs KNEW that visit was a home run for Biden...

and they loathed him for it.

It showed stength and leadership. It goes against their narrative of Biden as weak.

Biden rightly dominated the news cycle. All Republicans had left was to nitpick anything and everying about the visit and scream like howler monkeys about the train derailment in a ruby red district for distraction.