Putin's Last Hope to Win in Ukraine Is a GOP Victory in November

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There is a pro-Putin axis developing in America. And it’s no accident. ⁦@djrothkopf⁩ details Putin’s influence in the MAGA GOP. It also runs through the Tech Bros, libertarians and into the peace movements. Some are consciously allying, some duped.

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Putin’s Last Hope to Win in Ukraine Is a GOP Victory in November
Just when Russia on the ropes, Republican leaders are already signaling they’ll cut aid to Ukraine if they win control of Congress.
7:54 AM · Oct 21, 2022

https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-last-hope-to-win-in-ukraine-is-a-gop-victory-in-november

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Vladimir Putin is fighting a two-front war. Sure, he’s losing badly in Eastern Ukraine, but things are looking up for the Russian dictator in the West—at least on the political front that runs through every ballot box in America.

Although the resilience, courage, and skill of the Ukrainian military has driven Putin to increasingly desperate and depraved measures to avoid further battlefield humiliation, he can see a glimmer of hope on the horizon. And it’s being provided by the leadership of the Republican Party.

“The GOP cavalry is coming! Hang on Vlad!” is the clear message being sent by Republican leaders like House Minority Leader (who might very soon be Speaker of the House) Kevin McCarthy. In an interview with Punchbowl News, McCarthy said:

“I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine. They just won’t do it…Ukraine is important, but at the same time it can’t be the only thing they do and it can’t be a blank check.”

Based on McCarthy’s statement and those of others in the party’s leadership, it is now reasonable to assume that if Republicans reclaim control of one or both houses of the U.S. Congress, they will reduce vitally needed support to Ukraine. And, of course, should Washington back off in support of Kyiv, it would be a disaster for Ukraine’s attempts to resist Putin’s invasion, and could doom that country’s heroic efforts to remain an independent democracy.

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[TheRealNorth]

1. Since collusion isn't a crime according to Republicans....

Maybe its time for Zelensky to "discover" some documents implicating Republicans working with Russia.

[ffr]

2. Who in their right mind would elect any of these unpatriotic shameless republicans???

For that reason, American voters need to recognize that it is not just U.S. democracy that is on the ballot in November; it is the fate of democracies everywhere that are threatened by Putin and his Axis of Autocrats.

It is not just U.S. rights and freedoms that will suffer should the GOP win; it is those of our friends—like Ukraine and other states currently being menaced by Russia and those that might be inspired by a Russian success in Ukraine. Thanks to reasons that the GOP leadership have made crystal clear, voters must vote like it is not just America’s future on the ballot, but that of Ukraine’s and of the Western world.

The GOP needs to go down in flames, to be banished from history for the cowardice and greed it practices.

[PortTack]

3. Dems on the armed services committee are planning a lame duck bill that will ensure aid to Ukraine

Continues…if the traitor gqp take the house.

Besides, McCarthy is far from having enough votes to end aid to Ukraine. Of course he will try.

Interesting too that idiot keviee talks about a rescission..who’s going to cause that you f..king jerk?

[Lovie777]

4. I think GQP will shake rattle and roll ....

but and that's it.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Trumpists want to do to Ukraine what Trump did to the Kurds ...

total betrayal and abandonment.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Tell somebody. Spread it around.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

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