Posted on 02/12/2024 10:15:17 AM PST by Kazan
In an unusual session held on Super Bowl Sunday, the US Senate voted to move forward a substantial $95 billion aid package that will support Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, with no southern border security provisions. The package includes $60 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel. The vote garnered support from RINOs, with a final tally of 67-27.
According to The Hill, Schumer offered Republicans the chance to vote on amendments in exchange for expediting the legislative process.
“By a vote of 67-27, The Senate invoked cloture on Murray substitute amendment 1388 to H.R.815, legislative vehicle for supplemental appropriations,” the Senate Press Gallery wrote on X.
Sixty-seven senators voted in favor of war funding, while 27 senators opposed the expenditure, all of whom were Republicans.
On Super Bowl Sunday, the following 18 Republican senators supported the Ukraine war funding:
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)
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
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)
Todd Young (R-IN)
The legislation passed cloture in a rare Super Bowl Sunday vote.
On Monday morning, Trump-supporting Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) posted a stunning report on X. According to Senator Vance, the Senate funding package includes language that makes it impossible for President Trump to terminate the Ukraine War funding into his second term.
The language was inserted into the aid package with President Trump in mind. These dirty RINOs and Democrats voted on a bill that will send endless billions to Ukraine no matter how dire the situation is on the ground.
“Buried in the bill’s text is an impeachment time bomb for the next Trump presidency if he tries to stop funding the war in Ukraine. We must vote against this disastrous bill,” Sen. Vance wrote.
And 18 Republican RINOs supported this package!
Senator Vance sent the following memo to every Republican lawmaker in Congress:
The Ukraine Supplemental Includes a Hidden Impeachment Clause Against President Trump
Background: President Trump was wrongfully impeached by the partisan Pelosi-led House of Representatives on December 18, 2019! At the core of the impeachment was a pause on funds appropriated to Ukraine: “…$391 million in security assistance: $250 million through the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and $141 million through the State Department’s Foreign Military Financing program.
The false argument put forward by Democrats was/is as follows: as President Trump had allegedly paused these funds because he wished to see the corrupt nexus between the Biden family and Ukraine investigated, President Trump had abused his power, with the aim of interfering with the U.S. presidential election.
Page 425 of the Committee Report on the first impeachment states: “The President froze military assistance to Ukraine against U.S. national security interests and over the objections of career experts.” The impeachment inquiry report states, “The President did so despite the longstanding bipartisan support of Congress, uniform support across federal departments and agencies for the provision to Ukraine of the military assistance, and his obligations under the Impoundment Control Act.”
The Supplemental Impeachment Time Bomb: President Trump has said, in regard to the war in Ukraine, “We got to get that war settled and I’ll get it settled.” He has stated that he would resolve the war in 24 hours.”
The bill includes $1.6 billion for foreign military financing in Ukraine, and $13.7 billion for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. These funds expire on September 30, 2025 nearly a year into the possible second term of President Trump. These are the exact same accounts President Trump was impeached for pausing in December 2019. Every single House Republican voted against this impeachment resolution.
If President Trump were to withdraw from or pause financial support for the war in Ukraine in order to bring the conflict to a peaceful conclusion, “over the objections of career experts,” it would amount to the same fake violation of budget law from the first impeachment, under markedly similar facts and circumstances.
Partisan Democrats would seize on the opportunity to impeach him once again. The Washington Post has reported that tying President Trump’s hands on foreign policy is very much top of mind for Biden administration officials, who are openly boasting about their plans.’ The background quote is damning:
Not incidentally, a U.S. official said, the hope is that the long-term promise — again assuming congressional buy-in — will also “future-proof” aid for Ukraine against the possibility that former president Donald Trump wins his reelection bid.?
Conclusion: The supplemental represents an attempt by the foreign policy blob/deep state to stop President Trump from pursuing his desired policy, and if he does so anyways, to provide grounds to impeach him and undermine his administration. All Republicans should oppose its passage.
According to Senator Vance, “This new Ukraine bill tries to make it ILLEGAL for Trump to do what he is promising on the campaign trail. It is a plot against the President Trump, plain and simple.”
But, of course, they have an insurance plan even if Trump pulls it off. Though few have noticed, buried in the bill’s text is a kill switch for the next Trump presidency.
The legislation explicitly requires funding for Ukraine well into the next presidential term. The Washington Post has already reported this provision was added to control Donald Trump.
It gets worse. Back in 2019, Democrats articulated a novel theory of impeachment, based on Trump’s refusal to spend money from the USAI Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Five years after impeaching Trump for refusing to spend money on Ukraine, they have drafted a new law that again requires Trump to spend money on Ukraine. If he negotiates an end to the war, as he has promised to do, they will undoubtedly argue that he has broken the law. We are nearly a year away from an election that could give Trump the presidency, and Ukraine-obsessive Republicans have already given the Democrats a predicate to impeach him.
Slava Ukraini, America be damned.
Just when you thought
This new Ukraine bill tries to make it ILLEGAL for Trump to do what he is promising on the campaign trail.
It is a plot against the President Trump, plain and simple. pic.twitter.com/DC1ffzevji
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) February 12, 2024
Senator Vance added, “Politically, they will make it harder for Trump to get elected. This is the first part of the plot.”
This is not a one-off thing. Every time their Ukraine-first plan hits a road bump, they will blame Trump and “MAGA Republicans.”
They will create a narrative of chaos and extremism to undermine the nominee of their party.
Politically, they will make it harder for Trump to get… pic.twitter.com/IHSJ3a9zYD
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) February 12, 2024
Rep. Matt Gaetz agreed with Senator Vance – “This bill is an impeachment trap!”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene also wrote, “DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE HOUSE!!!”
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) February 12, 2024
Senator Rand Paul wrote, “Republicans need to be aware that this bill, supported by Mitch McConnell and almost all of Senate GOP leadership, sets in motion the next hyper-partisan Trump impeachment (before he’s even elected!)”
Who do these people represent? It certainly is not their MAGA voting base!
Trump should strip the funding anyway. MAKE them impeach him.
Stop what?
Agreed!!
McConnell. Nothing a rope and a lamp post won’t fix.
Something that we can’t know about, but we just have to keep paying for. And it happened during the Obama years. Something’s definitely up."
William Burns making a personal visit last year to me had the effect of raising a red flag.
Sigh...
There’s no such thing as “automatic impeachment”
Jim “the hack” Hoft is at it again.
If the Chairman of the Arizona Republican GOP is out there attempting to manipulate elections, you can imagine what the Communist left is doing.
The Uniparty never sleeps. The Uniparty never quits. The Uniparty must be destroyed.
Sounds unconstitutional to me. How much money did the aens complez stuff in their shorts???
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene also wrote, “DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE HOUSE!!!”
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It had better be. The treachery of some Senate GOP members knows no bounds. The extent to which they are willing to lie in order to maintain global-imperialist gravy train is truly shocking to behold.
My first thought as well. Extra-constitutional out of the gate.
I don’t think it’s constitutional to impeach a President for refusing to follow Congress’ notion of foreign policy. OTOH, they won’t impeach Mayorkas, let alone Brandon, for treason, despite the fact that they both are guilty of it. Constitution shmonstitution.
Agree.
Ukraine was an economic gem and big corporations were setting up there. They (economic interests) wanted EU and NATO membership. Also, as Ukraine grew in importance and became an EU member, we wanted to ensure they are in NATO since that is how we influence and have some say in Europe. NATO expansion was importance to us.
However, the tenacity by which some in Congress support Ukraine has to be motivated by something else.
Screw all the moral BS McConnell spews as a reason. This is the same guy that voted for most favored trade status for the PRC (mainland China). An oppressive, single party communist regime with one of the worst human rights records imaginable. These folks will back Saudi Arabia, a human rights disaster and kingdom, Jordan, etc etc etc. This notion that they give a damn about democracy, sovereignty and human rights is outright insulting to ones intelligence.
The argument is without merit.
First, a republican house will not impeach Trump.
If the Congress falls to the democrats while Trump is being elected, a very unlikely election outcome, then the senate is not going to convict Trump.
The funding does not even extend a full year into Trump’s next term.
It is highly unlikely Trump will cut funding to Ukraine in order to bring about peace.
He will need to threaten both sides if they don’t cooperate. He says he will get them to settle the war in 24 hours.
When in this 24 hour period or 72 hour period or the 1st month, is he really going to cut off any funding. There isn’t even time for it.
As has been pointed out here the existing Congress cannot bind the next Congress.
The president will get whatever he wants from the republican house.
If the house is in hands of the democrats they are going to impeach Trump no matter what he does on any issue. However, he is not going to be convicted.
If you have a democrat house and Trump stops the war without cutting off funding the ridiculous democrats will probably impeach him anyway.
Finally, whether some of you want to hear it or not, the Congress will be doing Trump a favor by authorizing funding that runs into the beginning of his administration so that he doesn’t have to come to Congress and ask for any funding when his stated position is that he is skeptical of funding and he wants to end the War.
As regards delaying funding, the truth is Trump never delayed any funding and the democrats impeached him anyway.
It will be very interesting to see if Trump opposes this bill because it also funds Israel and Taiwan.
That would mean such a bill could be flipped also if we got control...automatic impeachment of any senator who spends over budget :)
One Congress cannot bind another.
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Yet, past congresses have done exactly that by passing legislation that keeps 66% of the federal budget untouchable, unless an Act of Congress repeals those budgetary protections.
Also, termination of federal employees can be very difficult because of laws passed in the past.
The solution is massive cuts to the federal budget.
They must be done wisely though, we must retain the essential in the public sector & terminate the nonessential
It's no ordinary evil. The Ukraine is more than a money laundering/child trafficking/organ harvesting/US biowarfare labs hub. It seems to have much greater imortance as if it is the Deep State's Pentagon. But wait, there's more!There's a book published in 1997 which says that it's a 'keystone' to National Security for Europe.
Keystone in the Arch: Ukraine in the Emerging Security Environment of Central and Eastern Europe
Sherman W. Garnett
The appearance of an independent Ukraine is one of the most dramatic aspects of the new political geography of Europe. This book examines the importance of an independent and stable Ukraine for the future stability of Europe.
Published March 01, 1997
by Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1997
I think Europe's 'stability' is code for the successful creation of the one world government the hive known as UN/NATO/WEF/WHO etc (all one organization with different storefronts) and it's lethal desire to destroy nations and rule over the remains (slaves). So their aspirations to rule the world are thwarted by Russia - they need Putin taken out of the way for their plans for world dominion to work. Note how the book is by the 'Carnegie Endowment for International Peace'. It's will be VERY peaceful if 'One World' overlords rule the world and finally 'break' slaves.
Beyond that, the Ukraine seems to have housed some serious nest of evil even before Hitler rose to power, with some saying the Nazi's based some of their ideology on 'practices' they witnessed in the Ukraine. In one anecdote, when Germany was invading the region they found such gore they had it documented so they would not be blamed for it. The Ukraine is still home to Banderas' Nazi sympathizers (Banderites). There are national celebrations for Nazism. When some in America objected to Biden's 'need' to fund the corrupt/evil ruling powers in the Ukraine by pointing to the Azov Nazi's, the Ukraine integrated that Nazi group into their own national gaurd. See? Nazi's 'disappeared' and somehow the Ukrainian National Guard received in influx of recruits.
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)
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
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)
Todd Young (R-IN)
They have nothing to worry about.
1. Incumbents have a reelection rate of over 90%.
2. They can always use ‘the lesser of two evils’ card in the general election.
3. Republican voters have short memories.
“But SOMETHING is REALLY important to the Ruling Oligarchy.”
This^^^.
Money? Power? Girls? Keeping buried secrets buried?
Nothing else really matters to them.
GET RID OF RINOS INCLUDING CORNYN.
HE AINT TEXAS.
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