http://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/04/20/sen-rand-paul-blasts-priorities-of-flag-wavers-on-the-house-floor-and-they-were-not-us-flags-n2395334
This afternoon the House of Representatives voted to approve another round of foreign aid amounting to nearly $100 billion:
The House is pushing swiftly through a series of votes in a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, Democrats and Republicans joining together after a grueling monthslong fight over renewed American support for repelling Russia's invasion.
With overwhelming support, the House approved the Ukraine portion, a $61 billion aid package, in a strong showing of American backing as lawmakers race to deliver a fresh round of U.S. support to the war-torn ally. Some lawmakers cheered, waiving blue-and-yellow flags of Ukraine.
As the story said, the flags were waving on the House floor -- except they weren't U.S. flags:
Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) ~ As the Ukraine bill is about to come to a vote in House, Ukrainian flags are being handed out en masse on the Democratic side of the chamber with many members holding them.
Greg Price (@greg_price11) ~ Democrats are waving Ukraine flags on the House floor while the vote on giving them billions more tax dollars is ongoing.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1781742899685695745
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hammered the government's "priorities" while the U.S. border remains porous and the nation is $35 trillion in debt and going up a trillion every hundred days:
Rand Paul (@RandPaul) ~ Ukrainian flags fly in the chamber of the UNITED STATES House of Representatives as they vote to send more of your hard-earned money to a corrupt foreign regime. And just like that they shout “UKRAINE! UKRIANE!” while happily working to secure Ukraine’s borders, not ours.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1781748811645202458
"America last priorities" are on display again:
Rand Paul (@RandPaul) ~ The House isn’t even trying to hide their Ukraine 1st America last priorities.
Simply amazing.
Purrplexed (@Purrplexion) ~ And in another 2.5 months Ukraine will have made zero progress and be asking for more.
That's almost a certainty.
Meanwhile ...
Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) ~ NEW: Border numbers continue to rise. Per CBP sources, there were just over 7,000 encounters at the southern border yesterday, following two days in a row of approx. 6,500, when prior weeks had been mostly in the 4,000s & 5,000s. First 7,000 day I can recall since early March.
All is well!
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