Posted on 05/16/2022 5:06:53 PM PDT by House Atreides
The senators bucked their leaders -- including Mitch McConnell -- who traveled to Kyiv over the weekend to meet with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Eleven Republican senators bucked their leadership and voted against a motion advancing a $40 billion security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday, a sign of growing GOP opposition to U.S. efforts aimed at countering Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bloody three-month-old invasion there.
The security package isn’t expected to pass until later this week because a single Republican senator, Rand Paul of Kentucky, is objecting to a quick vote on the measure…,
…Ten other Republican senators joined Paul in voting against the motion to advance the security package on Monday; many of these senators made supportive statements about Ukraine’s plight following Russia’s invasion: Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) John Boozman (Ark.) Mike Braun (Ind.) Mike Crapo (Idaho) Bill Hagerty (Tenn.) Josh Hawley (Mo.) Mike Lee (Utah) Roger Marshall (Kan.) Tommy Tuberville (Ala.)
The list of lawmakers hindering aid to Ukraine has been steadily rising over the past month. Last week, 57 Republicans voted against the Ukraine assistance bill in the House. Two months ago, only three GOP House members voted against a separate security package.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump and right-wing pundits, including Fox News host Tucker Carlson, have ramped up rhetoric against U.S. support for Ukraine aid. Trump also called into question the spending measure last week, linking it to the shortage of baby formula that has been attributed to a safety recall and supply chain issues.
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I sent Tuberville a message opposing this. Obviously, he listens to me. Anything else anybody wants me to tell him?
It should say “hindering the destruction of Ukraine”.
“Conservative War Hawks have many allies in the Russia Ukraine War, most of them are posting at Daily Kos & Democrat Underground. (Birds of feather??????)”
A bunch of them are here too.
Sometimes they operate with a team for quick research on posting history and/or data and talking points.
Did Rand Paul cast a vote?
I was trying to be positive about these negative events.
You’ll be proven right about Uncle Sugar providing dollars.
But it shouldn’t be so.
IT SAYS ‘10 Republican Senators joined Rand Paul.’
They are not capitalists, they are crony-capitalists. Huge difference. A true capitalist takes NO $$ from the government.
I'm so proud that both of my Senators voted to reject the $40B to Ukraine.
If we still had RINOs Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, they would have voted the other way.
This is the only way we get our country back -- vote out every RINO who must face a primary this summer and replace them with MAGA patriots.
Which way to the Russian-American Bund party rally?
Printing money by the billions to ship to Ukraine even while inflation is approaching double digits. What could go wrong?
He was the 11th no vote.
The Chamber of Commerce has no problem advocating for increased immigration, legal and illegal. They support amnesty. Over 50% of all immigrant-headed households use at least one major welfare program.
Taxpayers are sick of this phony, made up, wag the dog and pony show.
The MIC is freaking out now that Afghanistan doesn’t fill their troughs.
America, the deep state is scamming you............
How could a measly 40 billion ever help Ukraine? A trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan couldn’t even beat a bunch of camel jockeys.
Cornyn and Cruz big disappointment.
Huff and Puff is trying to get the GOP-e to change the direction.
Hopefully they will listen to voters and not the propaganda trying to give Biden cover.
Gotta remember “the big guy’s” 10 percent....
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