Ukraine dents 'America First' thinking deep in the heart of Trump country

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ukraine-dents-america-first-thinking-deep-heart-trump-country-rcna19441

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Here in the middle of former President Donald Trump’s Midwest base, in a state where a sense of economic malaise lands hard on rural and working-class voters, many Republicans see higher gas prices as a small price to pay to help defend Ukraine.

“I don’t think we’re doing enough,” Mary King, an unemployed caregiver, said of President Joe Biden’s ban on Russian oil last week. She spoke while waiting for GOP Senate candidate J.D. Vance to hold a campaign event in this industrial city along the Ohio River.

“Ask the public what they are willing to sacrifice,” King added. “I pray every day to St. Nicholas to save the children in Ukraine who are in danger.”

The sentiment was much the same upstate in Strongsville, a solidly Republican suburb of Cleveland that has one of the largest Ukrainian populations in Ohio.

“It’s not going to cripple us,” Bob Heinly, a retired cardiac technician, said of the higher gas prices likely to result from the ban, speaking after Vance finished a town hall forum there. “I invest in things that are important to me.”

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[modrepub]

1. November A Long Way Away From Now

We'll see if high gas and other prices will foul the voter mood this fall. IMO prices will stabilize or even fall a bit before the end of the year. Unknown panic riled the market. Once the dust settles (and oil inventories explode) then maybe everything will somewhat normalize (but we're still going to get interest rate hikes at some point).

Don't watch what hard core Ds and Rs say, look for the "independent" or less politically inclined think. They are the ones who will ultimately determine who wins in November. (And on that note, packaging will be important)

[luv2fly]

2. And they will still vote for the turd

Or one of the turd disciples, all the while ignorant to the fact that the person they just voted for supports Putin.

[TheRealNorth]

3. Yup

Faux News knows that it will completely discredit itself if they became a cheer leader for Putin, so they are going to go with "Biden and the Democrats are weak because they aren't doing enough" line. Sad thing is, Zelensky is probably going to exploit that to get Biden to get us more and more involved.

[sky_masterson]

4. When the victims look more like you

It's easier to empathize for some people.
They could have given two shits about Syrian refugees.

[peppertree]

5. +1

The only foreign countries most Republicans I know care about in the least are Britain and Ireland.

Not that they know very much about either, except "they're my kind of people" (I'm sure many Brits and Irish might differ).