In Feb. 2020, 52/53 Rethug Senators voted to let Trump BLOCK US military aid to Ukraine

[pnwmom]

that had previously been approved by Congress -- supporting Trump's effort to extract political dirt from Zelensky.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1497581887941918720.html


David Rothschild 🇺🇦


In February 2020, just 2 years ago, 52 of 53 Republican senators voted to allow (then) President Trump to block congressionally authorized sale of critical military supplies to the courageous President Zelensky of Ukraine, unless Ukraine manufactured anti-Democratic propaganda.

Whatever those 52 senators say now about how tough they're on Putin (criticizing Biden for not being tough enough) is insulting & useless BS until they acknowledge & apologize for their vote to allow Trump to blackmail Zelensky for their support of authoritarianism over democracy

Here are the 52 senators who voted to withhold military aid to Ukraine in exchange for anti-Biden propaganda: Alexander (TN), @SenJohnBarrasso (WY), @MarshaBlackburn (TN), Bunt (MO), @JohnBoozman (AR), Braun (IN), Burr (NC), @SenCapito (WV), @BillCassidy (LA) ...

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/trump-administration-broke-law-in-withholding-ukraine-aid.html

From January 2020:

Trump administration broke law in withholding Ukraine aid, watchdog says as Senate prepares for impeachment trial

The Trump administration broke the law by witholding congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine over the summer “for a policy reason,” a top government watchdog said.

The report by the Government Accountability Office came a day after the House of Representatives sent articles of impeachment of President Donald Trump to the Senate for conduct related to the withholding of that aid to Ukraine.

Trump held back the funds while pressuring Ukraine’s new president to announce investigations by that country of former Vice President Joe Biden, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

[dalton99a]

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