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.

  • 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.