This week, only 16 of the Senate’s 49 Republicans voted with McConnell to advance legislation that includes aid to Ukraine. AdvertisementIn truth, a large number of Senate Republicans are opposed to supporting Ukraine with or without U.S. border security provisions, and they’re not interested in listening to McConnell about it. One GOP senator joked that the party was staging an “intervention” after one particular heated discussion earlier this week. “I’ve never seen anything quite like the depth of the anger,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said of the state of the GOP. Unlike in 2022, when he backed extremist candidates for the Senate, Trump this time is much more aligned with the preferences of the establishment GOP.

Source: Huffington Post February 10, 2024 20:59 UTC