Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week.

Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week.

Senate Republicans on Monday signaled their plan to filibuster bipartisan legislation that paired tougher border policy with more U.S. aid to Ukraine, a stunning reversal less than 24 hours after the legislation had been unveiled.

With ex-president Donald Trump urging them to kill it, and many on the right up in arms about the proposal, top Senate Republicans emerged from a heated closed-door meeting and said they needed more time to review the agreement, suggesting that a scheduled Wednesday vote to advance the bill is all but doomed to fail.

  • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
    881·
    5 months ago

    It was never about the border. It was never about Ukraine aid. It’s about hurting Americans in hopes that they’ll blame Biden.

    • RagingRobot@lemmy.world
      22·
      5 months ago

      It always is. It works on people like my parents who say that they always do better when a Republican is in office. That’s only because there isn’t some trying to sabotage the country from the inside when they are totally in control.

      • Ranvier
        2·
        5 months ago

        I mean, they’re still sabotaging the country when in control. Just in different and interesting ways. Like creating enormous defecits with tax cuts for corporations and the rich.