Posted on 10/18/2022 5:13:41 PM PDT by RandFan
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is signaling that if Republicans win the House majority in next month’s midterm elections, the GOP is likely to oppose more aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Since the invasion in February the majority of congressional Republicans and Democrats have united in authorizing billions of dollars in U.S. military and humanitarian assistance to Kyiv as a geopolitical and moral stand against Vladimir Putin’s aggression.
McCarthy, who could be House speaker if Republicans triumph, indicated that that could end in a GOP-led House.
“I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine,” he recently told Punchbowl News. “They just won’t do it.”
McCarthy suggested that Americans want Congress to focus on issues closer to home.
The United States has authorized upward of $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, with more than $18.2 billion in security assistance given since January 2021. The Senate voted to finalize more than $40 billion in new military and humanitarian assistance in May, with Republicans being the only lawmakers voting against that package — the largest investment in Ukraine thus far.
Eleven Republican senators and 57 House GOP members opposed the legislation, arguing that more needs to be done to account for how the money is spent and to trace weapons and equipment sent to the battlefield.
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McCarthy is vying to become Speaker. Just like any other puke establishment politician, they make promises to get elected and then betray those who trusted them. McCarthy is a proven DC establishment puke and cannot be trusted to do anything he says he will do. Don’t be fooled!
He will have plenty of time to delay, spin and prevaricate after the election.
He needs to be held to this promise.
Well if that’s the case hopefully we get someone more along the lines of Thomas Massie as majority leader
This is total B.S. to appeal to Team MAGA
F’n finally....I can start shorting Raytheon, Gen Dynamics, Northrop, Lockheed, osh-kosh, Sikorsky, BAE, stocks etc...
$$$$$
Exposed
NATO constant expansion
Likely......................the turtle must go
Indeed focus on issues closer to home America first.
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