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Republicans Begin To Sour On Aid To Ukraine
Yahoo News ^ | 7/19/22 | Jonathan Nicholson

Posted on 07/19/2022 11:19:12 AM PDT by JonPreston

Rep. Matt Gaetz, the firebrand House Republican from Florida, said as much in a July 1 exchange with Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.). Answering a Tweet from Gallego that said “Fact is if the Republicans take over the House in 2022 US support to Ukraine will come to a halt,” Gaetz replied, “Ruben is correct.”

At a recent rally in Anchorage, Alaska, Trump riffed on the cost so far, misstating the amount spent.

“Like with Ukraine, we put up $60 billion and Europe put up $5, 6 [billion]? OK?” he said, drawing boos from the crowd. (Through early July, Congress has authorized about $54 billion for assistance not only to Ukraine, but to neighboring countries as well in response to the Russian invasion. )

And Trump is by no means alone among Republicans. On the last aid package, 11 GOP senators voted against more money, including Kentucky’s Rand Paul.

“We don’t have any money for anyone,” he told HuffPost. “I mean, we’re a trillion dollars in the hole every year. So any money that is allocated to send to a foreign country has to be borrowed first from another foreign country.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dodindustrialcomplex; republicans; sour; ukraine; whats54billion
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1 posted on 07/19/2022 11:19:12 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Grifters gonna grift.


2 posted on 07/19/2022 11:22:28 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: JonPreston

Ukraine vs Russia is all about $$$
Which country can grab the most from the USA.


3 posted on 07/19/2022 11:24:08 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: JonPreston

begin?


4 posted on 07/19/2022 11:26:39 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: JonPreston

They should never have sent a penny. Build our border GRRRR


5 posted on 07/19/2022 11:27:10 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: JonPreston
Fact is if the Republicans take over the House in 2022 US support to Ukraine will come to a halt,” Gaetz replied

Good, 60 billion would have been a good down payment on a new refining plant.

6 posted on 07/19/2022 11:28:28 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: JonPreston

Good. If the Ukrainians want our weapons they can pay cash for them.

L


7 posted on 07/19/2022 11:28:39 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: JonPreston; All

Listen. The pockets of our ENEMIES, Foreign AND Domestic, ain’t gonna line themselves!


8 posted on 07/19/2022 11:31:18 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: JonPreston

Good.


9 posted on 07/19/2022 11:32:40 AM PDT by ganeemead (There is no definition of patriotism that includes stooging or siding with Nazis against Christians.)
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To: 1Old Pro

“60 billion would have been a good down payment on a new refining plant.”

60 billion would have completed Trump’s wall and added another inside the first with money left over.


10 posted on 07/19/2022 11:34:09 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work o)
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To: JonPreston

Bush League Republicans will still want to keep dumping money into Ukraine.


11 posted on 07/19/2022 11:35:27 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: JonPreston

I think a lot of us are asking ourselves this question: Were we sold a bill of goods on Ukraine?


12 posted on 07/19/2022 11:36:33 AM PDT by Ebenezer ("Be strong and of good courage.")
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To: Night Hides Not

Besides Trump only 11 Republicans are against this incredibly reckless spending? We sure have a lot of cleaning up to do within our own party.


13 posted on 07/19/2022 11:38:00 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: JonPreston

So, Gaetz is a dirty RuZZian too, eh? They’re everywhere!! What’s a neocon to do?


14 posted on 07/19/2022 11:38:34 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Lurkinanloomin

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The Republican Leadership wants to send a couple Trillion to Ukraine.

Listen to Mitch and Lindsey G. speak for 2 minutes, and you’ll see they’re having the Time of their Life (que the music from Dirty Dancing).


15 posted on 07/19/2022 11:39:14 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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How can anyone be against helping Ukraine go MORE homo and greener?

16 posted on 07/19/2022 11:39:18 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Ebenezer

“Were we sold a bill of goods on Ukraine?”

Yes we were, it’s been nothing but endless propaganda from the get go.


17 posted on 07/19/2022 11:40:10 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: JonPreston

Gee, whiz. Souring. Souring. Souring.

Any dork could see that we send $40 billion to them, no oversight, no strings, that it is going to disappear into the pockets of corrupt oligarchs looking to buy an expensive house up the street in Switzerland from Soros.

What a waste. But hey...they are “souring” on it.


18 posted on 07/19/2022 11:41:56 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: JonPreston

Isn’t that nice?

If they sign a pledge to do the bathtub/wrist thing if elected then they’ll get my vote.


19 posted on 07/19/2022 11:42:54 AM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
LOL, your post reminded me of that picture of the guy, his head morosely in his hands after his girl left him, and the cat is standing next to him and looking at him with a paw on his arm and it is captioned:

Hey...I know it's tough, but...the food bowl isn't going to fill itself!"

20 posted on 07/19/2022 11:44:35 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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