White House downplays CNN poll showing majority of Americans oppose more US aid for Ukraine | CNN Politics
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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

  • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I wonder if there was a more efficient way of employing people without having executives from the MIC getting almost all the benefit?

    • silent_water [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      funneling money to the executives of the MIC is the entire purpose of the defense budget. why would they suddenly stop now?

    • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      We could just give the money to people for nothing but that would apparently be more immoral and illogical than having them make purely destructive things.

      This makes sense to many people