Republican Senate minority leader says he and president are ‘in the same place’ on support linked to both conflicts

Mitch McConnell offered a strong endorsement on Sunday of the Joe Biden White House’s $106bn aid proposal to Israel and Ukraine, saying he and the president were essentially “in the same place” on the issue.

McConnell, the powerful Republican leader in the Senate, also rebuffed some of his GOP colleagues in the Senate who have called for a package separating assistance for the two countries, saying it would be “a mistake” during an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation.

The Republican leader offered significant backing to the White House’s $106bn request, including $14bn in assistance to Israel, $60bn in aid to Ukraine and another $14bn to improve security on the US Mexico border. An additional $10bn would be allocated to humanitarian relief as well as an additional $7bn to the Indio-Pacific region.

  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    Oh you haven’t been paying attention to the conservatives saying that we shouldn’t support Ukraine then? Cause they have absolutely been saying that. It’s part of why the spending bill to delay the shutdown of the government had to remove aid to Ukraine to be able to pass.

    I already said the house is a cesspool? Of course there’s going to be people who don’t fall in line, conservatives are contrarian in nature.

    And what do you mean Biden could do nothing? His job is to be the best politician. His job is to run the country and be the stop gap for checks and balances. He has the right and ability to talk to the people and the Congress about what is needed as a country.

    His job is to be the head of state, not to get involved with politicians in Congress. He has no authority over Congress, he has no leverage over Congress, and attempting to do so would conflict with the balance of power.

    What do you think he could say to convince the most radical conservatives in Congress to do anything productive?

    Just because we are so divided that it would be bad doesn’t mean that’s not what the position is for.

    I mean, that’s literally not what the position is for…

    The aid offer is definitely a bribe to get them to try and force a speaker election. That’s hardly conspiracy even if it is on technicality.

    Lol, they’ve had like half a dozen in a few weeks… It’s not like they’re trying to stall, or that they don’t want to elect a speaker, they’re just shit at organizing because the allowed radicals in their party.

    They would have voted anyways, there’s no need to bribe anyone.