Posted on 02/09/2024 7:54:57 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
This week, 17 Senate Republicans joined Democrats to approve sending Ukraine another $60 billion. Twelve of those Republicans previously suggested they would not help send Ukraine any more American taxpayer money until the United States’s border was secure from illegal immigration.
On Thursday, Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Thune (R-SD), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN) joined every Senate Democrat excluding Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to send billions more in taxpayer dollars to Ukraine.
The money, if approved by the House, will fund weapons and military training, among other things, for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Twelve of those Republicans who voted for the Ukraine funding, coupled with $14.1 billion for Israel in its war with Hamas, previously suggested to the media that they would not support more funding for Ukraine until America’s own southern border was secure.”So in order for our national security interests to be served, we must have a four-prong approach here. Israel, the border, Ukraine, and Taiwan,” Capito said in December 2023, for example, while Cassidy said, “We got to support our allies, but we got to secure our own border first and the Biden administration has not done so” the same month.
Similarly, in December 2023, Ernst said ,”The issue is not Ukraine, and it’s not President Zelensky. It’s our own national security at our southern border” and Collins called reforms at the southern...
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At this point Republican need to fight to place tax caps in the federal and state constitutions to ‘wall off’ our money.
Fight well and get reelected!
The only one up this year of note is 73 year old Wicker/Miss. He has a challenger and the primary is March 12.
Others are quitting. Young is one of them and he should pay the price in the governors race.
It’s funny how only one of the 12 put himself on that limb this year. In 2 years all will be forgotten. Send them all a message with Wicker.
I have two stab wounds from both Senators from SD.
Thune and Rounds. I’ll be looking for a “good” reason for their bad vote.
Ukraine can sell war bonds.
Ukraine can sell territory to Poland and Hungary.
Ukraine can sell territory to billionaires for new independent countries.
Israel can sell war bonds and building lots.
The Palestinian Authority can sell Gaza offshore extraction rights.
Congress can wise up.
These turds are why the Republican Party sucks!
Hard to overcome deep state f’s like this!
Rino stampede to support Biden.
“$14.1 billion for Israel”
Sending US money to Israel will cause US Muslims to think they can destroy Israel merely by exerting political pressure in the USA. US Muslims will become politically insufferable.
Sometimes US government handouts cause more problems than they help with.
Romney is gone in 11 mos. He will be replaced by someone rather to his right.
“Building a wall is a red herring”
“The fundamental problem is that anyone can claim asylum with zero proof, which means all of Earth can come to America.”
Elon Musk
I wrote to Crapo from Idaho when the sneaky Lankford bill was up for vote excoriating the Senate and House for not doing anything to secure the nation. He actually sent me a good reply today. It’s a form letter, but quite good.
Making it clear to my representatives and senators that it is only because Trump is on the R ticket that I remain a Republican and not an Independent, is important to me, at this point. It saves a lot of extraneous words.
The R Party is exhausting for their spineless and grossly unserious representation of traditional values and interests.
John Kennedy (R-LA) Is the only surprise to me. Maybe his good ole boy rhetoric is just so much hogwash.
The GOMers and GOOBers are all a bunch of pieces of meat with two eyes.
Sure would be nice to find out what kind of a kickback they’re getting. The big guy gets 10%, how much do Senators get? They had a one track mind, determined to get this money to Ukraine no matter what.
I was disappointed, but not surprised.
He is a politician, after all, and therefore for sale to the highest bidder.
I hate these despicable idiots. All on the take.
That was my thought about Grassley. Disappointed but not surprised. I thought Kennedy might be better than that.
Also surprising that Linseed Graham is NOT on the list.
That really says something about these 12, they voted for this but “McCain Jr.” didn’t?
*Thune and Rounds. I’ll be looking for a “good” reason for their bad vote.* They’re both safe. No challengers in the past either.
As for Young he wants to be the Indiana governor. Primary is May 7. The Lt. Governor is running. The time to take him out is in the primary.
Our guys that win in November-which ones will do what these 12 did when 2025 comes around?
Pierre Delecto continues to disappoint
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