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(129,672 posts) Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:14 PM Mar 7

Yellen says House GOP delay on Ukraine aid is "a gift to Putin"

Source: Axios

38 mins ago

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his fellow Republicans on Thursday that further inaction on additional military aid to Ukraine will only embolden Russia and other U.S. adversaries.

Why it matters: Delays to additional aid have forced Kyiv to ration ammunition and supplies, which has cost the lives of Ukrainian soldiers and allowed Russia to gain ground in eastern Ukraine.

It's been nearly seven months since the White House asked Congress to approve additional aid to Ukraine.

What they're saying: Yellen, speaking at a meeting Thursday with Germany's vice chancellor, said further delays in Congress will be "nothing short of a gift to Putin, Iran and other adversaries that stand against America and its allies."

"The House must act and show the strength of the U.S support for Ukraine in the face of Putin's aggression," she said, per a copy of her prepared remarks.

The big picture: She specifically called on Johnson to pass a bipartisan $95 billion aid package that includes military and economic assistance for Ukraine that the Senate passed in February.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/yellen-ukraine-military-aid-house-gop-putin-gift

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Yellen says House GOP delay on Ukraine aid is "a gift to Putin" (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 7 OP

Keep punching. Nt BootinUp Mar 7 #1

Putin gift..that is an understatement..Putin gifting too.. asiliveandbreathe Mar 7 #2

Good find! BumRushDaShow Mar 7 #3

It is specifically intended to benefit Putin. It is because Mike and the other MAGA are working for Putin explicitly, Ford_Prefect Mar 7 #4

"further delays in Congress will be 'nothing short of a gift to Putin...'" -- that's the intended result PSPS Mar 7 #5

BootinUp

(47,201 posts)

1. Keep punching. Nt

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:23 PM

Mar 7

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)

2. Putin gift..that is an understatement..Putin gifting too..

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:28 PM

Mar 7

https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600

News of money previously given to House Speaker Mike Johnson's congressional campaign by Russian nationals has re-emerged after the Republican rejected a $95 billion foreign aid bill passed in the Senate.

In 2018, a group of Russians were able to donate to Johnson's bid for the Louisiana seat he eventually won as the money was funneled through the Texas-based American Ethane company.

I sure do find all this disgusting..

BumRushDaShow

(129,672 posts)

3. Good find!

Reply to asiliveandbreathe (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 02:05 PM

Mar 7

Ford_Prefect

(7,925 posts)

4. It is specifically intended to benefit Putin. It is because Mike and the other MAGA are working for Putin explicitly,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 03:00 PM

Mar 7

as they have said out loud, in public, and on camera. Just like their corrupt, proudly treasonous leader. They have repeatedly and with emphasis spoken on the record in Congress using Putin's words and his propaganda about the invasion and war in Ukraine. They have many times gone out of their way to excuse his violation of a sovereign nation, numerous international laws, and documented atrocities by his troops and agents. They excuse his "excesses" as they do Trump's.

Master and man, they are all in it knowingly and willingly. They deserve to be publicly shamed, prosecuted, and imprisoned for espionage and sedition, at the very least for giving aid and comfort to a hostile power in time of was.

PSPS

(13,621 posts)

5. "further delays in Congress will be 'nothing short of a gift to Putin...'" -- that's the intended result

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 03:06 PM

Mar 7

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