Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week.

Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week.

Senate Republicans on Monday signaled their plan to filibuster bipartisan legislation that paired tougher border policy with more U.S. aid to Ukraine, a stunning reversal less than 24 hours after the legislation had been unveiled.

With ex-president Donald Trump urging them to kill it, and many on the right up in arms about the proposal, top Senate Republicans emerged from a heated closed-door meeting and said they needed more time to review the agreement, suggesting that a scheduled Wednesday vote to advance the bill is all but doomed to fail.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    225·
    10 months ago

    It’s not a reversal in any way, but a continuation of a policy of obstructing aid to Ukraine to help Russia, because Republican have chosen to follow Trump, and be traitors against USA and democracy.
    Anyone who thought otherwise and actually believed them is an idiot. And it’s time Republicans realize that Trump and Putin are losers.
    If Trump wins the election, USA will lose the core values it was founded on.

    • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      38·
      10 months ago

      I feel its less about Ukrain, Russia and all about do what Trump commands. Had Trump kept silent, the bill would’ve probably passed with minor resistance

      • Zorque@kbin.social
        1·
        10 months ago

        Trump is in no way a leader for the people who actually run things in the GoP. He’s just a convenient scapegoat and distraction. A tool to be used to further their own agendas without getting their hands as dirty.

      • neptune@dmv.socialEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        I think that misses the common denominator. I don’t think Trump is the only thing that corralls the party.

      • Igloojoe@lemm.ee
        1·
        10 months ago

        The GOP was being resistant before even trump said anything. They said themselves, it’s about not giving the democrats a win. Complete traitors to the USA.

    • quindraco@lemm.ee
      3·
      10 months ago

      Trump already won one election without winning the vote, what’s a little more tyranny?

    • Zorque@kbin.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      They’re not following Trump for shit. Trump is a symptom, not a cause. They were bought and sold long before he “won” the 2016 election.