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The White House on Wednesday downplayed CNN polling showing most Americans oppose Congress providing additional funding to support Ukraine in its war with Russia ahead of a reported administration request for more aid.

Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

Exact full quote from CNN:

“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063

  • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    The Ukrainians fought hard to get out from under the thumb of Russia

    What?

      • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        The one where NATO backed coup overthrew the democratically elected government of Ukraine? That seems like the opposite of fighting to get out from under foreign thumb

        • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          The one that happened because their leader was passing laws making him a dictator and violently putting down protesters leading to more protests causing him to flee. Also any support came after that was over, not before.

          • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            See, if he were a legitimate leader he would have let the west supplant him in a violent coup WITHOUT reacting to it. That makes it justified post hoc.

            You have to let the nazis march. It's the rules.

            • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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              1 year ago

              So people in their country should never fight if their leader is working to surpress their rights and become a dictator. They just have to wait for elections that will never be fair again if they even happen. Also he did react to it by fleeing, Putin is not the leader of Ukraine, he has no business reacting to anything.

              Putin did march his nazies into Ukraine after that if that's what you mean.

              • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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                1 year ago

                Were you at the January 6th riots, per chance? Your sure have the same reasoning as them.

                • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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                  1 year ago

                  Not in the US as I never been there. Also was Biden becoming the dictator of the US? Like if he was declaring protests illegal, giving cops legal rights to kill anyone who does protest and basically make himself the supreme ruler of the US then yea it would be justified.

                  • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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                    1 year ago

                    The January 6 protesters certainly believed he was becoming a dictator. I guess the riots were justified.

                            • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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                              1 year ago

                              OK then I'm going to stay with my point that the laws passed that triggered the Euromaidan were very protestable and January 6th in the US was a bunch of crazies that fell for propaganda due to poor US education. Also that protests are a good way to get rid of a wannabe dictator.

                              • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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                                1 year ago

                                Yes, I'm aware that the liberal position is that couping democratic governments is acceptable if they personally agree with it, but unacceptable when other people do it.

                                • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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                                  1 year ago

                                  This is my last reply since I would need to flip my phone to hit the button and that's way too much effort but this seems to have run it's course anyways.

                                  I'm pretty sure the liberal position would be that all violent protests are bad, no matter what. That's why I was asking if that was your position so I could see if you were the rare lib that supports Russia's war.

                                  Also I don't think a coup is when people drive a wannabe dictator out if their country though English isn't my first language. And even if it is I absolutely support people exercising their right to protest and remove a leader trying to dismantle a democracy. I'm not sure what mental gymnastics you are trying to do to equate that to Jan 6th in the US but it makes you sound like a lib.

                                  • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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                                    1 year ago

                                    This is my last reply since I would need to flip my phone to hit the button and that's way too much effort but this seems to have run it's course anyways.

                                    Good lord, this is the most "I'm totally not mad" sentence I've ever seen.

                                    I'm pretty sure the liberal position would be that all violent protests are bad, no matter what.

                                    It's not, liberals are fine with violent protests when it's against their enemies.

                                    Also I don't think a coup is when people drive a wannabe dictator out if their country though English isn't my first language.

                                    Yes, that absolutely is a coup.

                                    And even if it is I absolutely support people exercising their right to protest and remove a leader trying to dismantle a democracy.

                                    So you support the January 6th riots

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            1 year ago

            I mean there's a recording of Victoria Neuland talking about setting it up from months before but whatever.

            • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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              1 year ago

              Ah yes, the same point 30 other have brought up as well even though what was said was who they would think the leader is going to be which they, to no ones surprise, said the leader of the opposition, ya know, the guy who would be in power if their system worked like it should. That's like someone saying they like the guy as leader that got all the votes.