Righwingnut Greene IS gonna have TONS of headaches for House Republican’s McCarthy and O’Connell going forward………
Quote of the Day
“Under Republicans, not another penny will go to Ukraine. Our country comes first. They don’t care about our border or our people.”
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), at a rally in Iowa…
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Just last week, a group of Republican lawmakers opposed a provision that Democrats had inserted in a must-pass defense authorization bill that would allow the Justice Department to send Ukraine millions of dollars in yachts and other assets seized from Russia.
Most Republicans, like Vance and Bolduc, frame their objections in terms of fiscal responsibility, saying the money would be better spent on problems at home. In a few cases, far-right candidates have echoed Trump’s praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for aid to be cut off entirely.
But the GOP is also home to a large number of old-school hawks who promise to continue providing support for Kyiv, and in some cases, called on the White House to do even more.
In a sharp break with McCarthy’s comments, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called for just the opposite: He urged the Biden administration “to do more to supply the tools Ukraine needs to thwart Russian aggression,” including additional aid. McConnell said that if the GOP retakes the Senate, the Republican majority would “focus its oversight on ensuring timely delivery of needed weapons and greater allied assistance to Ukraine.”
Several Republicans privately express skepticism that McCarthy and a Republican-led House would cut off aid all together, saying his comments likely included some measure of posturing ahead of the midterms. Republican House members who are in line to ascend to powerful committee positions may find themselves trying to thread the needle between the insurgents and traditionalists.
Even so, the Republican divisions present a challenge for President Biden, who has worked to hold together a domestic and global coalitionto support Ukraine amid rising food and gas prices and a global hunger crisis. Biden and his top aides have said they will support Ukraine “as long as it takes” and that they will not force Zelensky to the negotiating table….
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One might begin to believe trhat the Greene and Co. comments , sweet music to Trump and Russian President Putin, WILL actually begin to leveage pressure of Biden to push Zelensky move for some sort of cease fire….
The Russian should be too proud either since they seem to be losing more and MORE of territory they thought they could keep…..