Posted on 05/12/2022 7:32:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) blocked the passage of the $39.8 billion House-passed Ukraine aid after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) presented a unanimous consent on behalf of himself and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell today.
Schumer urged Paul to pass the bill and claimed that the Senator from Kentucky wanted to add certain changes directly to the bill, which have been opposed by members of both parties.
“He is not even asking for an amendment. He is simply saying my way or the highway,” Schumer said.
Paul asserted that the aid amount will almost equal the entire military budget of Russia and that the U.S. will have to borrow the money from China to send it to Ukraine.
He stated that there are domestic priorities to tackle right now with inflation reaching a 40-year high and gasoline hitting a 48 percent high since last year.
“My oath of office is to the national security of the United States of America. We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the U.S. Economy,” Paul concluded
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How about 40 billion to complete the border wall?
Graham and Hannity are crying over their beers tonight.
Wake up GOP....this is a scam
Biden is pissed that he will not be getting his 10%.
Rand is the only one of our elected officials to even question why we are doing this when we are drowning in debt. Let that sink in.
If Graham was crying over a drink it would probably be a wine spritzer or an apple-tini
I saw a cartoon today that showed the $40 billion going into Ukraine on one side and going out to the Congress and the Bidens on the other side.
Totally accurate
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Graham also encouraged his fellow thieves to make up an enormously high number for the Covid bills, because who’s going up question Covid money going to Cities and Dem Mayors.
Or landmines. They’re cheaper.
Way to go Rand.......
Nancy anted up 40 BILLION of your money for Zelensky and company.
40 thousand.. million dollar checks ... goes a long way in buying votes and allegiance in this bastion of Democracy.
I'm STILL not convinced this entire Russia/Ukraine thing isn't about blowing up and burning evidence of joe and hunter's money laundering opoeration (s) exposed in 2019
Is Rand Paul, a stand up guy, or what?
I disagree with him here and there(rarely), but no sane person(which excludes ALL democrats), can question his integrity!
No, Jim Jordan too.
see my #12
Build the wall. We need to secure our border first.
Yes, that, too.
Than God. At least one sane senator!
It sounds like it isn’t actually blocked, just not fast-tracked.
Thank God there is one Senator like him.
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