Speaker Mike Johnson. Reuters.
The House has passed a funding bill that gives $61 billion to fund the Ukraine war. Reuters. The unusual bill was also bundled with money for Israel and Taiwan and would ban the app TikTok. The bill will come up for a vote in the Senate and will likely be signed into law by Joe Biden. 112 Republicans opposed the bill saying that it was too expensive and did not have any funds for securing the American border. Supporters of the bill waved Ukrainian flags in Congress, which is a breach of decorum. House Speaker Mike Johnson had faced threats that he could be removed if he allowed the bill to go to a vote but nothing came of it.
My Comment:
This is the most despicable thing that congress has ever done. Not one cent should go to the Nazis in Ukraine (and I don't think it is a coincidence that this was voted for on 4/20, which was Hitler's birthday). Of course the fact that Ukraine has Nazis is always ignored by the same people that say everyone to the right of Obama is one.
What is worse is the fact that the war is pretty much lost at this point. Ukraine wasn't losing because they didn't have enough funding, they are losing because Russia has more troops and better weapons than Ukraine. Ukraine is so desperate for troops that they lowered the age of the draft and is now drafting young people to fight. Given the demographics of Ukraine and the small size of the generation now being drafted, Ukraine is now eating their seed corn. When this war is over, Ukraine as a culture won't exist in a meaningful way.
$61 billion won't fix the lack of troops that Ukraine has. It won't fix the technological advantage Russia has. It won't stop the rain of KAB glide bombs that are devastating Ukraine's front lines. It won't fix the corruption that has diverted billions of dollars that should have gone to fighting the war or managing the state into the hands of corrupt politicians. And it won't do a thing to actually win the war.
The Republican base is furious about this, and for good reason. Not only is the Ukraine bill an absolute slap in the face for a party that is now anti-war, it wasn't bundled in with any Republican priorities like the border chaos that needs to be fixed. Indeed, there were no domestic wins here at all, unless you happen to work for a military contractor. Getting some kind of priority passed would have done a lot to make this poison pill easier to swallow and GOP leadership in the House didn't even do that. Banning TikTok is not anywhere near enough.
The obvious question is why this even came up for a vote, and the answer probably is that someone either bribed or threatened Mike Johnson. He had been adamant that no Ukraine vote would happen without a border bill but he turned like a dime. Given that Tucker Carlson was talking about the other day that congressional leadership is terrified of the Intel community because they can plant illegal pornography on their computers, perhaps that is what happened? Either way, it's a betrayal and it's a shame that he hasn't been kicked out of his chair. We absolutely didn't get rid of Kevin McCarthy to get someone who would do exactly the same thing that he would have done.
This spending hasn't been paid for either, it's going to be paid for by printing out new money. This will, of course, lead to a bigger deficit and more inflation. Inflation that the American people can hardly afford. It's just another example of Congress doing things for themselves and not the people they supposedly serve.
Will there be fallout from this? I would hope so. I've got to say that nothing has radicalized me than seeing these traitors waving their stupid Ukraine flags while spending our money on a ridiculous cause. I honestly don't think America even deserves to survive at this point, but I am guessing that not everyone agrees with me. Either way, if it wasn't for Donald Trump running 2024, I think Republicans would face being wiped out in 2024, if it wasn't for the fact that the Democrats are going to be just as furious with Congress for funding Israel...
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