Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. New York Post/AP.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blamed Tucker Carlson for Republicans not supporting Ukraine aid. New York Post. McConnell said that Carlson's enormous audience was convinced by him to question aid and also said that he should continue to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. McConnell also blamed Donald Trump, the Democrats and the border crisis for why it took a long time for the bill to pass. The Senate approved the bill sent to them from Congress that would give $95 billion to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
My Comment:
This is another example of Mitch McConnell being totally out of touch with his voters, along with Republicans in general. No, Tucker Carlson didn't convince everyone that Ukrainian aid was the wrong thing to do. We came to that conclusion on our own. Carlson is popular not because he shapes the discussion, it's because he follows the trends on social media.
And the trends on social media? It's almost totally opposed to Ukraine on the Republican side. People are sick and tired of this war that nobody outside of the arms industry and the few remaining neocons wanted. Indeed, people on social media were absolutely furious when it was announced that the aid package passed, to the point where there was a semi-serious discussion that it was time to consider taking up arms. For me personally, it disgusted me to the point where I can no longer consider myself a patriot and thinks America deserves to fall.
Even more infuriating was the fact that Republicans just laid down and died and did not extract a thing from the Democrats for this bill. You would think at the very least they would have gotten the border closed and illegal immigrants deported but not one thin dime went to help actual Americans. Indeed, we are doing more to enforce Ukraine's border than we are doing for our own.
It's also pretty clear to people that actually do the research that Russia is winning the war and would be regardless of the aid Ukraine is getting. That was clear to me the second the war started but it became undeniable after Ukraine's summer offensive totally failed. Sending more aid will do nothing to actually change the course of the war. It will only prolong it.
As for Tucker Carlson himself, I have to say that though he's not responsible for people disliking Ukraine aid, he is one of the few people out there doing true journalism. Journalists are supposed to challenge the status quo, not just parrot the party line and Carlson is doing the former, not the latter. It's a shame he reports in a format that I hate, video, otherwise I would consume his content a lot more than I do now.
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