Former Clinton and Bush staffer describes the dangers of a minority group of America-First, Far-Right Republicans returning to power under a Trump presidency...
Soldiers of Ukraine's Azov battalion pray at a rally demanding to free Ukrainian prisoners of war who are held in captivity in Russia, at Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, July 28, 2024. Contributors Robert Weiner and Olivia Ardito write that isolationist voices in the Republican Party in Washington could endanger Ukrainian lives and soverignty. While the U.S.
When speaking on the House Floor in opposition to HR 8035, U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, a leader of the Freedom Caucus, justified his stance by saying that “people are dying in Ukraine, yes. The problem is they are being funded with American debt. There is no skin in the game for the American people … the truth is Americans are dying, not just Ukrainians, at the hands of the wide open borders.”American support for Ukraine is more critical than ever.
When Democrats and Republicans in the Senate put together a strong, bipartisan border bill that included conservative provisions, House Republicans and, in particular, the Freedom Caucus agreed with Trump, who had called to kill the border bill “to deny President Biden a legislative win,” according to The Hill on Jan. 28.
Trump and the Freedom Caucus combined create a tangible threat of stopping all aid to Ukraine depending on the outcome of the presidential election in the fall. The danger against supporting Ukraine in the fight for its sovereignty is MAGA extremists overpowering the normal consensus against Russian aggression.Robert Weiner was a spokesman in the Clinton and George W. Bush White Houses. Olivia Ardito is a policy analyst at Robert Weiner Associates News and Solutions for Change.
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