Memo to Kevin McCarthy: If Republicans take control of Congress after the midterm election, y’all will trifle with trouble if you resist delivering as much aid as possible to Ukraine, which is fighting — successfully — for its independence against Russian aggressors.
The U.S. House GOP leader has said Congress might keep the checkbook open as the war progresses. My own view is that McCarthy is sending a chilling message to Ukrainians and is giving a bit of comfort to Russian thug Vladimir Putin as he continues to prosecute his immoral and illegal war against Ukraine.
It seems plausible, in a bizarre way, for the Republican congressional leader t threaten to pull back on aid to Ukraine. The GOP’s titular leader, Donald Trump, has been cold-stone silent on the Russian invasion, seeming to imply an endorsement of the action that Putin took against a sovereign nation.
Is this the kind of congressional leadership this country needs in this time of dire peril? I think not!
Unless Russia is driven out of Ukraine, it will reload and rearm, and make another attempt at retaking the portions of Eastern Europe that was under its influence from 1946-1991. Are the Republicans willing to fight a war to protect allies if Russian tanks roll into Berlin? Or would they roll over and hope for the best?