As each institution Democrats and Republicans – together with GOP Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson – pushed for the U.S. to provide Ukraine $61 billion in help over the weekend, a number of the issues they mentioned had been thoughts blowing.
By no means thoughts the truth that after giving Ukraine effectively north of $100 billion already and their possibilities of defeating Russia getting worse by the minute, some lawmakers transcend even that absurdity with their phrases.
Democratic Congressman Gerry Connolly might need stole the present, claiming that the Russia-Ukraine border was “OUR Border.”
‘You imply just like the border between Virginia and Maryland?’ as pundit Michael Tracey joked.
‘The Ukrainian-Russian Border is OUR Border’
“Some say we’ve got to cope with our border first,” Connolly mentioned on the Home flooring.
He continued, “The Ukrainian-Russian border is OUR border.”
Wow, it’s? Similar as America’s borders or our states’ borders? We will need to have missed that in geography class.
Connolly went on, “It’s the line between wicked autocracy and freedom-loving folks in search of our democratic lifestyle. Do we’ve got a share in that end result? Sure. Undeniably sure. Are we going to grab this chance? Will we stand shoulder to shoulder with our Ukrainian brothers and sisters, who for 1151 days have been holding at bay the wicked, legal dictator Vladimir Putin, who doesn’t respect any norms of conflict?”
“We should meet this take a look at in the present day,” he added. “We should stand by Ukraine’s aspect. Slava Ukraine!”
What nerve he has. What nation does he symbolize?
American Politicians Present Zero Disgrace in Sending Taxpayer {Dollars} to a Shedding Effort
To be clear: This Democrat, as did most Democrats and plenty of Republicans final week, believes that prioritizing America’s southern border over the Ukraine-Russia border is fallacious and immoral.
By no means thoughts {that a} majority of People don’t want the U.S. collaborating on this conflict anymore. By no means thoughts that we’ve got despatched billions upon billions to Ukraine already. By no means thoughts that they’ve proven little progress in opposition to Russia. By no means thoughts that almost all Ukrainians don’t wish to battle and that nation’s authorities is drafting them to power them proper into the meatgrinder.
American politicians are going to battle tooth and nail to verify People’ tax {dollars} go towards this unwinnable conflict effort.
Endlessly.
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