U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said today that his fellow Republicans “have to” defeat the “Ukraine-first” border package being “shoved down” their throats.
“There’s an Ukraine first package being shoved down the throat of the US Senate,” Vance posted on X. “It doesn’t secure our border, gives away all leverage to achieve real border security, and no one has had time to read through the details. Let’s defeat this package. We have to.”
There’s an Ukraine first package being shoved down the throat of the US Senate. It doesn’t secure our border, gives away all leverage to achieve real border security, and no one has had time to read through the details. Let’s defeat this package. We have to. pic.twitter.com/FLdz53Vu5Y
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) February 7, 2024
Vance yesterday called the border bill “pure, unadulterated bullshit” and criticized the package for being negotiated in secret.
The bill would provide $60 billion in “military aid” to Ukraine, but only $20 billion to secure the U.S. Border.
That Ukraine amount is more than the $53.9 billion budget for U.S. Marine Corps in FY2023, pointed out U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).
Fun fact, the U.S. Marine Corps budget in FY23 was $53.8 billion. This bill would give Ukraine more than $60 billion.
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) February 5, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Ala.) said the bill is “dead on arrival” in the House and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) yesterday urged Republicans to block the bill.
Senate President Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) reportedly plans to push a bill today that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel, while stripping out the actual border provisions.
The border package was negotiated in secret by Sens. James Lankford, (R-Okla.), Krysten Sinema, (I-Ariz.), and Chris Murphy, (D-Conn).
Senator Langford resembles a turd floating in a swimming pool.
He also appears to share the turd’s IQ. That explains his career in politics.
Remember Russia’s invasion of the country after Biden’s “fraudauguration”? I couldn’t throw a stone without hitting a Ukrainian lapel pin, a flag, etc…, even our Representatives in Congress were proud to display them, just to ensure we understood clearly they do not support our country, its borders, its fiscal sanity. Now, they’re rarely seen. Some of us realized the game when it began. It was always about money in the form of kickbacks to people in Congress, White House, etc… Now that not one, but two generations of Ukrainian men have been eliminated, and the dirty, little secret of US biolabs set up throughout Ukraine has been exposed, most Americans want nothing more to do with a protracted, bankrupting war (they are ALL protracted, bankrupting wars). Ukraine has the dubious distinction of being the most corrupt country in Europe. It’s also the poorest. Now, it’s the most broken. No doubt America is on the hook for that rebuild, too, and by “America”, I mean taxpayers. American companies must be salivating at the thought of fat contracts for that endeavor, all with guaranteed payouts courtesy of taxpayers.
Here comes Chuck-U Schumer (sorry, Rush!) to fuel more Ukraine spending. No audit attached so Americans can see where the money went or is going. No, apparently the American people are ATM machines for the world. Simultaneously, this country is a trash receptacle for the world’s criminals, poor, illiterate, and insane, including “refugees” from Ukraine who could go to any country in Europe, of which Ukraine is part. Surprisingly, there are no riots, no demonstrations, no Americans standing out in front of the White House, Capitol, Supreme Court carrying signs. Ukraine is a “moral” war. Fighting drug cartel trafficking of people and drugs into this country? Nah, it is not worth any effort for Congress. Bombing Mexico? Nah. Can’t do that. Remember, peasant, Mexico is an ally! This is not your country. This is the world’s trash can.
Well said. If things ever do turn around, it, for sure, won’t be within the time I have left on the planet.
Aw, Huey, hope springs eternal. Things can change suddenly and without notice. Of late, it seems those changes have wreaked chaos and impoverished or killed many. I still believe God is large and in charge, but this is happening largely because we took our eyes off the ball and failed to do the one thing we should be doing: exercising eternal vigilance.