As our economy buckles and crumbles, Tillis and Budd ready to throw more $$$ at Ukraine mess
We can’t seem to find money to finish the border wall or even secure the southern border. But Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are ready to join their colleagues from both parties to throw all the devalued, inflated dollars they can find at the Ukraine kleptocracy.
Here’s Budd on his Senate website cheering for all kinds of foreign military intervention — of course, funded with all that inflated, devalued Monopoly money we call a currency.
Tillis actually got out in front of the media and flapped his blue gums on the subject:
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Monday dug into Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) recent remarks against sending further aid to Ukraine, calling the Ohio Republican’s comments “total and unmitigated bull????.”
Vance, in an interview with former White House aid Steve Bannon earlier Monday, claimed some lawmakers are looking to cut Social Security benefits for more aid to Ukraine that he argued will be used so one of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ministers “can buy a bigger yacht.”
When asked about Vance’s remarks later on Monday, Tillis told reporters, “I think it’s bull????.”
“If you’re talking about giving money to Ukrainian ministers — total and unmitigated bull????,” Tillis continued. “Not productive conversation … not real happy about it.
On Sunday, Vance reaffirmed his opposition to sending additional aid to Ukraine and said he does not believe Ukraine will ever be able to prevail over Russia. He argued the U.S. needs to accept Ukraine will likely need to “cede some territory” to stop its fighting with Russia and questioned how billions in additional aid to Ukraine will help the war-torn country.
Presented with Tillis’s criticism later Monday, Vance said he believes Ukraine is “one of the most corrupt countries in Europe.”
“We know that a number of people have gotten rich in Ukraine, and … I think it’s naivety if you don’t think they’ve gotten rich with some of our money,” Vance told reporters.
Maintaining that Tillis is “one of his favorite colleagues,” Vance said the North Carolina Republican is “not living in reality.”[…]
One thing Russia and Ukraine in common? They each are home to two of the most vicious, powerful organized crime operations in the world. Concerns about Ukrainian corruption are even coming from some surprising corners of the DC swamp.
Mitch McConnell must be beaming with pride over our two, um, “boys.”
Well we have local Republicans here involved in selling arms to Ukraine as part of the grift. So I’m not surprised. The country is insolvent and nobody does anything.
Who exactly are the “local Republicans here involved in selling arms to Ukraine”?
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Now, get back to Ukraine! Zelensky needs a new taxpayer funded house!
Mr “Facts Matter”, you made an assertion that “local Republicans here involved in selling arms to Ukraine”.
So, since you appear to believe that “facts matter”, where is “here” and who are the “local Republicans HERE involved in selling arms to Ukraine”?
So, where are the facts, Mr “Facts Matter”???
We all agree that we should not be sending taxpayers money to Ukraine? Curious also who would ever support that?
Didn’t take long for Budd to get co-opted, did it? Looks like we swapped one loser for another.
Was Budd expected to be any diff than Burr?
4oY after Reagan, we still think, hope, pray, expect republicans to be conservative.
They disappoint each and every time, without fail.
It’s just laughable they do as they do and we continue to scream in anger….
voting for a republican is no diff than voting for a dem…
No more $$ to Ukraine!! There has been no accounting for previous “aid”!! Joebama trying to hid the previous corruption & bio -labs!!
Thom demonstrates his bad judgment again….I have just one question that he could never answer…”What does victory in Ukraine look like Mr Tillis?” ……..please tell us how much more our tax Dollars this will take and how much more is Ukraine’s borders valued than our own??
JD Vance I know the answer.