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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,288 posts)
Sat May 14, 2022, 12:49 PM May 2022

The list of anti-Ukraine Republican lawmakers is quickly growing

Once belittled by then-President Trump as a “third-rate grandstander,” Rep. Thomas Massie is used to tilting at political windmills.

In early March, the Kentucky Republican was one of just three lawmakers to oppose the first piece of legislation designed to show U.S. support for Ukraine in its war against an invading Russian army, a familiar lonely spot for the libertarian-leaning lawmaker frequently at odds with his party’s leaders.

But on Monday, Massie spoke to Trump for the first time in more than two years — and received the former president’s endorsement in the May 17 Kentucky primary. And on Tuesday, 56 Republicans joined Massie in opposing the latest push to send arms to the Ukrainian forces.

“It’s growing by the week,” he told reporters in an impromptu 20-minute conversation off the House floor Friday. He suggested the price tag so far was “insane” and that sanctions against Moscow only increase inflation. “More and more people are agreeing with that.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-list-of-anti-ukraine-republican-lawmakers-is-quickly-growing/ar-AAXgpTK

Call them what they are, Putin's patsies.

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Biophilic

(3,704 posts)
5. Well, you have to admit, that supporting Ukraine goes against ALL republican values:
Sat May 14, 2022, 01:27 PM
May 2022

It's the right thing to do, it supports an independent country and people, it supports the institution of Democracy, the Ukrainians believe in the right of a woman to choose, it supports religious freedom, and their president is way better looking than trump. What's not to hate if you are a republican?

PortTack

(32,803 posts)
6. Turtle went to Kyiv no doubt because the American ppl overwhelmingly support the Ukrainian ppl
Sat May 14, 2022, 02:38 PM
May 2022

In their fight for freedom.

These gqp fools are against it because the orange mass is? Good luck with that

PortTack

(32,803 posts)
7. The gqp had no trouble supporting a doomed nation building war that bush wanted
Sat May 14, 2022, 03:10 PM
May 2022

It cost the US tax payer 300 million a day…yes a day.

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