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Republican senator celebrates Ukraine aid and weapons delivery — after he voted against it

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Certainly looks like GOP politicians have learned how to act from their Great Leader's acts. Contradict what they said the day before and then deny they ever said it.

Republican senator celebrates Ukraine aid and weapons delivery — after he voted against it

South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds (R) appeared on the Fox network Sunday to celebrate the weapons that were being sent to help Ukraine "be successful." There's just one problem, however. Rounds voted against the aid.

Speaking to State Department Correspondent Benjamin Hall, Rounds explained how important it is that the United States do whatever it can for Ukraine.

Hall said that the message from those in Ukraine is that they're grateful, but that they desperately need more, particularly when it comes to air defense.
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Rounds was one of 31 who voted against the funding for Ukraine. They were all Republicans. Those who joined in objecting to the funding include: Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, John Boozman of Arkansas, Mike Braun of Indiana, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Ted Cruz of Texas, Steve Daines of Montana, Deb Fischer of Nebraska, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri, John Hoeven of North Dakota, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, John Kennedy of Louisiana, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Mike Lee of Utah, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Roger Marshall of Kansas, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Jim Risch of Idaho, Mitt Romney of Utah, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Marco Rubio of Florida, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Rick Scott of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Dan Sullivan of Arkansas, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

All Democrats voted to support the Ukraine funding.

 
Certainly looks like GOP politicians have learned how to act from their Great Leader's acts. Contradict what they said the day before and then deny they ever said it.

I am still waiting for Republicans to explain how they expect to be respected as citizens and elected politicians by voting against America, knowing actions speak louder than words, then lying about themselves.
 
I am still waiting for Republicans to explain how they expect to be respected as citizens and elected politicians by voting against America, knowing actions speak louder than words, then lying about themselves.

I'm sorry to say that many conservatives will just follow the lies.
They'll forget he ever said anything or voted against the bill and claim anyone saying so is simply part of a giant conspiracy.

It's depressing as **** but that's how it's going to go.
 
I have long ago abandoned any hope of honesty from the leftist media...especially the rat party media that exists to twist stories or their mindless muppet supporters.

If there was any journalistic integrity, the story would have pointed out that those 31 republicans SUPPORTED the vote to provide aid to Ukraine...before the democrats took a bill to provide aid to the Ukraine which totaled 13.6 BILLION and turned it into a 1.5 TRILLION dollar Bill that includes leftist pork.

Of that 1.5 TRILLION dollar spending bill:
$6.5 billion will go to the Pentagon to be dispersed (with n o plan or agenda for dispersal)
$3.9 billion will go to the State Department to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians
$2.8 billion will go to the U.S. Agency for International Development (again...with no plan or agenda for dispersal)
 
I'm sorry to say that many conservatives will just follow the lies.
They'll forget he ever said anything or voted against the bill and claim anyone saying so is simply part of a giant conspiracy.

It's depressing as **** but that's how it's going to go.
You literally know **** all about the reason why the 13.6 billion dollar relief package was voted against. The republicans voted against it because the democrats turned a 13.6 billion dollar relief package into a 1.5 trillion dollar pork spending bill.
 
Certainly looks like GOP politicians have learned how to act from their Great Leader's acts. Contradict what they said the day before and then deny they ever said it.





LOL..another attempt at mud gunning for partisan gain. Perhaps the article didn't tell you that they did not vote against the aid per se', he and others voted against a 1.5 trillion dollar package that tried to use aid as a political cover.

Cheap politics and an even more shameless and dishonest smear by the usual suspects.

Man, journalism school is in bad need of two years of moral training. Not one of their mother's taught them a damn thing about not lying and the importance of honesty.
 
You literally know **** all about the reason why the 13.6 billion dollar relief package was voted against. The republicans voted against it because the democrats turned a 13.6 billion dollar relief package into a 1.5 trillion dollar pork spending bill.

This is about the fact that someone is trying to get political gain for something he voted against.

If I vote against something I don't expect to try and get credit for it if it passes. That's just being an opportunistic twat and we're simply calling him on it.
 
I have long ago abandoned any hope of honesty from the leftist media...especially the rat party media that exists to twist stories or their mindless muppet supporters.

If there was any journalistic integrity, the story would have pointed out that those 31 republicans SUPPORTED the vote to provide aid to Ukraine...before the democrats took a bill to provide aid to the Ukraine which totaled 13.6 BILLION and turned it into a 1.5 TRILLION dollar Bill that includes leftist pork.

Of that 1.5 TRILLION dollar spending bill:
$6.5 billion will go to the Pentagon to be dispersed (with n o plan or agenda for dispersal)
$3.9 billion will go to the State Department to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians
$2.8 billion will go to the U.S. Agency for International Development (again...with no plan or agenda for dispersal)

Glad you caught the lie and got the details. Them moment I read that op title I rolled my eyes...not again. Liars gone wild.
 
No one does hypocrisy like a Republican.
 
This is about the fact that someone is trying to get political gain for something he voted against.

If I vote against something I don't expect to try and get credit for it if it passes. That's just being an opportunistic twat and we're simply calling him on it.
Horseshit. The congressman stated quite directly he would have voted FOR a relief bill...he voted AGAINST a leftist pork spending bill. You shit yourself over conservatives while ignoring the FACT that a grand total of 13.6 BILLION of a forced 1.5 TRILLION $$$ 'aid' bill actually goes to Ukraine.
 
Glad you caught the lie and got the details. Them moment I read that op title I rolled my eyes...not again. Liars gone wild.
Its what the piece of shit left does. There are media outlets that only exist to twist this kind of story into the midnless shit that the leftists muppets will eagerly gobble down and swallow. The only thing worse than the reality that the leftist media thinks so little of their followers is that their followers regularly prove them right.
 
Horseshit. The congressman stated quite directly he would have voted FOR a relief bill...he voted AGAINST a leftist pork spending bill. You shit yourself over conservatives while ignoring the FACT that a grand total of 13.6 BILLION of a forced 1.5 TRILLION $$$ 'aid' bill actually goes to Ukraine.

The fact is he voted against the bill.
Again, I can't vote against something and then take credit.

I can't make it any simpler.
 
The fact is he voted against the bill.
Again, I can't vote against something and then take credit.

I can't make it any simpler.
Simple. Yeah....I couldnt describe your arguments much better.

He didnt take credit for it....he said he was glad they are providing some relief.
 
This is about the fact that someone is trying to get political gain for something he voted against.

If I vote against something I don't expect to try and get credit for it if it passes. That's just being an opportunistic twat and we're simply calling him on it.

Naw, this is about when you can't defend a dishonest smear job, you feel compelled to try your hand at it.

"...appeared on the Fox network Sunday to celebrate the weapons that were being sent to help Ukraine "be successful." and " Speaking to State Department Correspondent Benjamin Hall, Rounds explained how important it is that the United States do whatever it can for Ukraine. Hall said that the message from those in Ukraine is that they're grateful, but that they desperately need more, particularly when it comes to air defense."

Please quote any part of those sentences wherein he try's to "get credit if it passes". How about no where?

Character must really be a lost virtue in this thread.
 
Simple. Yeah....I couldnt describe your arguments much better.

He didnt take credit for it....he said he was glad they are providing some relief.

He's trying to get political gain from something he voted against.
If you can't work out why that's a load of bollocks then I'm sorry about that.
 
Naw, this is about when you can't defend a dishonest smear job, you feel compelled to try your hand at it.

"...appeared on the Fox network Sunday to celebrate the weapons that were being sent to help Ukraine "be successful." and " Speaking to State Department Correspondent Benjamin Hall, Rounds explained how important it is that the United States do whatever it can for Ukraine. Hall said that the message from those in Ukraine is that they're grateful, but that they desperately need more, particularly when it comes to air defense."

Please quote any part of those sentences wherein he try's to "get credit if it passes". How about no where?

Character must really be a lost virtue in this thread.

I can defend my stance by looking at his voting record and he voted against the aid he's now praising.
 
I can defend my stance by looking at his voting record and he voted against the aid he's now praising.
He'll have no problem defending his vote to his constituents, simply by listing the parts of the remaining 99% of the spending in the bill that he felt he couldn't vote for, and asking them if he should have voted for them. Essentially what another senator did on Fox New Sunday, when he was asked why he voted against the bill while being in favor of the aid for Ukraine. Easy answer, if they had been voting for the Ukraine aid alone the vote in favor would have been unanimous.
 
This is about the fact that someone is trying to get political gain for something he voted against.

If I vote against something I don't expect to try and get credit for it if it passes. That's just being an opportunistic twat and we're simply calling him on it.
..And they seem to forget that these same Republicans voted (Quite quickly) for a 1.7 Trillion tax cut for the rich. We didn't hear of "Pork" then... :)
 
..And they seem to forget that these same Republicans voted (Quite quickly) for a 1.7 Trillion tax cut for the rich. We didn't hear of "Pork" then... :)
You mean the tax cut that in 2018 reduced the amount owed by all taxpayers by $64 billion while raising the amount owed by the top 1% by $16 billion? The tax cut that in 2018 increased the percentage of total income taxes paid by the top 1% to 40% (a 2.3% increase) while their share of total income was at 22% (a 0.5% increase)? That tax cut?
 

So, the rich didn't get a tax cut?
I dunno. Do you think "rich" only applies to the top 0.01%? And your article covers all taxes, not just the income taxes covered by the 2017 tax cut, it doesn't say whether they were paying more or less in income taxes after the tax cut. And since both the original article in the New York Times and the rebuttal in the Wall Street Journal are behind paywalls, most of us can't look at either.
 
You mean the tax cut that in 2018 reduced the amount owed by all taxpayers by $64 billion while raising the amount owed by the top 1% by $16 billion? The tax cut that in 2018 increased the percentage of total income taxes paid by the top 1% to 40% (a 2.3% increase) while their share of total income was at 22% (a 0.5% increase)? That tax cut?
No matter what the Republicans say..the middle class is getting the proverbial 2x4 rammed up their asses. All the excuses and side stepping is still not going to change the fact that the rich are wiping out the middle class and poor.

Income inequality in the U.S. is the highest of all the G7 nations.
The wealth gap between America’s richest and poorer families more than doubled from 1989 to 2016.
Middle-class incomes have grown at a slower rate than upper-tier incomes over the past five decades.

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