Senator Rand Paul has blocked a fast-track senate vote on the additional $40 billion funding package created by Joe Biden and House Democrats. Both Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell approved a fast-track vote; however, senator Rand Paul (KY) stood defiant against their effort.
Despite the high-profile pressure from the two Senate leaders, Rand Paul refused to move and that means the Senate will have to take procedural steps to overcome his objection, which could take several days. “My oath of office is the US constitution not to any foreign nation and no matter how sympathetic the cause, my oath of office is to the national security of the United States of America,” Paul said in his remarks before objecting to moving to swift passage of the bill. “We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” WATCH:
The $40 billion supplemental spending bill for Ukraine is more than the total military budget of Russia. The combined Ukraine aid packages now exceed $60 billion, more than the entire budget for the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security including border protection.
Rand Paul is on the right side of history with his position, and the overwhelming majority of Americans agree with him. However, the opinion of the people is irrelevant to the Senate. Even democrat Senator Chuck Schumer seemed to admit this point when he said Rand Paul’s position “was not the opinion of the overwhelming majority here,” meaning in the senate. Schumer would have used other terms if he thought the American people agreed with him. They don’t, and he knows it.
So many sons of Satan need slaying in DC
SMDH.
The whole illegitimate Marxist government is doing a victory dance after every new action they deliver to take down America. I hope everyone is finally realizing these evil beings have been waiting decades to be in this position and do what ever they want. Remember too they had to cheat to get there.
Call or email your senators ASAP! Let them know you do not want this horrible spending bill. Much of it goes to the CIA and defense contractors, and whatever gets to Ukraine, will be stolen. Sending more money and weapons will only prolong the death and destruction and will do more harm to the Ukrainian people. If any money is spent, it should be spent protecting the US border. That is where our troops belong, too, not in eastern Europe. The US has no interests in Ukraine. It looks like the pols in DC have a lot to hide there.
That’s so Civics 101. You think they give a rat’s a$$ about your opinion or the good of our country?
Correct. Maybe a million dollar donation will buy a no vote but a phone call goes straight to the scrap heap.
Money talks and BS walks.
I think Rubio is up for re-election this cycle. He might – MIGHT – be amenable to hearing from his constituents. Naw, who am I kidding.
I’ll email him, I’m a registered voter in Florida. I don’t have a defeatist attitude. 🇺🇸
So am I. Rest assured, you’ll get a very honest response (if you get one at all) from some intern learning to blow purple smoke up voter’s back ends.
LOL……love it. Yeah, he’s been part and parcel to the SSCI and all the cover-ups they preside over and appointed by Mitch but now he’s MAGA. Comical stuff that only the gullible will swallow. Good stuff! Cheers!!!
Probably not. He’s not that smart. Just very mediocre in every way.
They do if enough calls come in.
I live in Massachusetts. My Senator is the Fake Indian. She will not listen to logic, as she…..marches to the beat of her own drum.
Old Liawatha?!
Nope, they don’t. They only care about themselves.
Apathy is unacceptable.
No, they only care about the lobbyists and all the money they get sucking Raytheon, Lockheed, etc. di**s.
Calling one’s senators is about as useful as explaining to people buried in graveyards that they shouldn’t have voted for Biden.
I’ve already emailed my Senators multiple times. At least 3 times. I got a standard letter “I support Ukraine” letter, but the truth is that this will put money in their pockets, so how are you going to stop this.
I called Rand Paul’s office to thank him
Why bother when the lying pols are for the leftys anyhow. Isn’t that what they want? Ukraine wants the New World Order to go along with their freedom….that is what
Don’t bother. All you will get in return is more begging for your dollars…..if they even let their office help send any kind of reply. At least that’s all that I’ve ever got from those we have here. They declared they were not for the D’s, but they lied about that also.
It’s a pay off the military/industrial complex that installed Biden.
Hero. Seemingly, one man stands alone for the taxpayers of the U.S. The Gobbler McConnell has got to go! Throw the bums out next election.
There will be no next election. The Deep State knows this, they are part of the coup.
I predict: end of July, start of August massive flu surge on top of widespread rioting due to overturn of R v W and dwindling foodstuffs. Martial law and an election postponed or stolen again in all key races.
Ever heard of the ‘ranked choice’ voting system. They try to say it is the ‘best’ voting system……don’t know who ‘they’ are though.
Yes. I’ve been pushing for it for years
Good for Rand Paul. At least there is one thinking U.S. Senator that believes in his oath of office to defend and protect the USA. Where is all this damn money coming from and where is all this damned money going… into whose pockets? It’s outrageous that the piece of shit we have for a pretend President can’t defend the USA borders from the damned stinkin’ illegals flooding our borders! Why is that? This venal lying piece of shit president must be impeached, convicted of very high crimes and sent to Gitmo to serve a life sentence. Biden is THE WORST president we’ve ever had including that damn fake Muslim Communist Indonesian/Kenyan, whatever the hell he is – which is NOT a Natural Born US Citizen. The Kenyan is only a mulatto, a half breed, and NOT a black US President. These “news” people are so damn stupid!
And the other 99?
The left seems hell bent on destroying the USA. How do they plan on surviving in a totally decimated country? Who’s going to keep their lights on?
Said this a week or two ago – we can live without them, they cannot live without us. Almost to the point where I say F it, let it collapse. Then we can MAGA.
For those who can, grow vegetables. Even a small yard can provide a lot of food. For the lucky people in rural areas, raise a mess of chickens. Fresh Eggs and meat along with home grown vegetables is a way to survive. They intend to starve us into submission. Let’s make it backfire on them big time.
So many great videos on YT about intensive gardening. Do rabbits, too. Quiet, you can grow their fodder easily.. trade chicks for butchering skills..
Most political parasites possess the wealth and dual passports to get out of marxist amerika
Maybe we should insist that they all be asked ‘why they hate the U.S.A.’ If they don’t answer, they are done. If they do hate the U.S.A. they need to be shipped out to another country…..that we don’t give money to.
Trump wanted less than 10 billion to complete the wall on our Southren border with some upgrades. The idea is to secure our border with Mexico. We will have spent if approved, 60 billion to try and secure Ukraine’s border. What utter nonsense times we are forced to live in.
Buckwheat, Brilliant observation that proves beyond question who the democrats are and what they are planning to do.
They needed the border with Mexico open, to let all the illegals in.
They aren’t just illegals, they are mercenary soldiers, brought in to stifle any rebellion to the NWO take over.
Obama, Biden, Schumer, McConnell, McCarthy, Graham and Pelosi have sold us out to foreigners. There are many others. When the time comes we will know who they are. Maybe we can get enough patriots elected in November to put a stop to this treason.
DIVERSITY – don’t ya know. Nobody can claim they love any country. Ya gotta love all of them and all the idiots from all the other countries, even if you don’t agree with their beliefs, wants or wishes.
Southren border, wide open, a disgrace and our own President, totally responsible for the chaos in an effort to destroy the
country. Succeeding?? Yes. 3rd world in no time. Good bye beautiful America.
Answer me this……how many American so called presidents have lied from day one of being in office. Has he ever done anything the Constitution has said? NOPE. One of the first things is to “secure your people” and he doesn’t care one bit about the American People…..only those who don’t belong here cause they have no cause…..except they want what this country has worked for for over 200 years. Just hand it to them and they will be happy to take it.
What are these nations south of our border that can’t keep their population and offer them prosperity and economy? They are failed states.
Call you senators!!!
202-224-3121
Be sure you also demand a big fat “NO” to giving up our national sovereignty to WHO!
Talking points here:
https://sustainablefreedomlab.org/2022/05/10/biden-move-surrenders-us-sovereignty-to-manage-health-crises-to-the-who/
I did today.
There is no rush – this unfunded spending bill needs to gone through with a fine tooth comb, and eliminate anything that looks like slush funding at the minimum.
Mark Levin – Where are our NATO ‘allies’? Isn’t Ukraine in eastern Europe, near them? Why aren’t the Ukrainian Oligarchs paying?
Ukraine has been nothing more than an oligarch controlled money laundering center since 2014. This is the reason why our politicians from both parties want to keep Ukraine the way it has been for the last eight years. Hey, want to launder some money you made child trafficking or sex slaves, come to Ukraine to have your money nicely cleaned up.
No, not 2014. Ukraine has seen corruption since its inception. Throughout its history Ukraine and its people have always been exploited, serving as Russia’s “little bitch.” The most egregious being the starving of the people 90 years ago. It was after the fall of the Soviet Union that westerners began finding new ways to exploit the area without, or should I say with different, forms of Russian interference. There was a massive expansion in corrupt money exploitation during the Clinton years. So much so that in order to hide their tracks our noble representatives went so far as to present a polished turd to the people in the form of a treaty with the Ukrainian government where both nations would agree to cooperate with corruption investigations. Pretend to be investigating as you backtrack to hide any and all evidence is what this “treaty” amounts to. They called it the ” Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters ” signed at Kiev July 22, 1998, handed to the US Senate November 10, 1999, and after working its way through our bureaucrat’s sticky fingers finally going into force in February 2001. Our esteemed senators, and many others, have been on a full throttle money grab ever sense.
I remember when Mark Levin was a #nevertrumper.
He had to reverse course when he realized that books written by #nevertrumpers don’t sell.
RR, The greatest since James Monroe. MM hounded him, describing the man as “a dope and a war monger”.
May the Dear Lord Bless his memory. He was America. R.I.P.
Rand should have been Trump’s veep.
Nah, keep him doing good work in the Senate.
Better than deep state Pence. Does anyone know what that coin sized object was that he was given?
Peter’s Pence.
If he was the VP instead of a Senator he would not have been able to do the things he’s done.
If he was the VP instead of a Senator, Pence would not have been able to do what he did.
The last time I was this happy was when I got my Red Ryder for Christmas. I am so fed-up with the elected who seem to have no idea what nation they are a citizen of or are ready to jump onto every feelgood bandwagon that rolls through the Capitol. Thank you, Senator Paul. Between you and Manchin, you’re teaching the country what true Appalachians are . . . MEN.
Hey idiots, who voted for this give-a-way: This is America, not the Ukraine. You are American, not Ukrainian. Close the border, throw out the gangsters, get the refineries refining, make formula and feed the babies, get the Leftist agitators off the streets and into jails, kick the two losers Biden & Obama to the curb and stop pretending that either has the answer to any question beyond 2+2=, and free the J6 political prisoners and put their jailers into the cells, and leave some room for Pelosi & Shumer. Then get on your knees and thank God that we haven’t been nuked because of the way you run your childish tough talking mouths without any understanding of consequences. Capitol Hill has obviously become a nature preserve for coddling scammers, fraud artists, idiots and halfwits. $40 BILLION!
So, so true. What are we going to do to stop them? We need to come up with some ideas soon, and it is not the mid terms.
Siege warfare on DC. All the birds are in the nest right now. Not sure how many cars and trucks, all disabled, blocking every lane on every road in and out, it would require.
Given what they are doing to the gas supply the streets will be blocked with unmoveable vehicles anyway. How would you tell the difference?
I don’t see what we can do now. The Dems have all the levers of power. That’s what happened when Trump relinquished the White House so readily. Everything that has followed was predicted by our best and brightest.
Communists/Jacobins are now in power (i.e. Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Xi, Zelenskyy, etc.)
And there is this (not exactly what is going on in the USA today) if anyone is noticing (and/or will admit to it):
women’s suffrage—> socialism—> communism
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I liked Levin years ago. Glad he is showing his true nature. Trump sure has shown us or forced folks to show themselves who they really are.
But always remember, Rand had a choice to stand up for America when it really counted. We all know this delay is just a stunt (since it will pass in the long run) to get some conservative bona fides.
Levin has long been a hypocrite and a douche. Few people are more full of themselves than he.
still a fraud….the “constitutional scholar” was one of the first to endorse CANADIAN Cruz and started as one of the NeverTrumpers….think a SOL worked on Cruz campaign for a while
most of it will not stay long in Ukraine…it will path through numbered accounts right back into congresscritters pockets….almost all of them by the vote are getting some kickback
Most of it won’t go to Ukraine at all. It will go to US defense contractors here and after it gets to Ukraine, there will be no accountability in this bill. So, from Ukraine, it will go in their government’s pockets. The weapons will either be blown up or captured by the Russians or they will be sold on the black market because we have no oversight of what happens to it.
Call me a cynic.
Rand will be the designated “blocker” for the week, to give us the impression the system is working. The $40,000,000,000.00 will pass.
We have been here before many times…
It will pass, but it will be delayed which was not the Democrat plan. Maybe we’ll have a Black Friday collapse of the stock market this weekend and these Senators will wonder if….uh, maybe, uh, this might not be the time to spend $40 billion? Not really hoping for that, but dear God, put a spanner in the works, please.
Where the hell are the rest of the Republicans? Mcconnell has got to go.
Look at what committees the Republican Senators are on. That will tell you where they stand.
An example is my senior Senator. He is on the armed services committee, the commerce committee and the intelligence committee. He was a cosponsor of the Ukraine Lend -Lease Act. He also voted for the horrible infrastructure bill.
And, worst of all voted to verify the 2020 election.
I’m so frustrated and angry at myself for not learning earlier how to research my so called representatives.
The MAGA King has weaponized the people. Not long now.
When the going gets tough the tough get going, Right on Rand Paul Right on
In for a penny, in for a pound is what I say. Since they’re already going to hold in contempt those who don’t appear( which by all rights should be ALL of them), my response would be a video in which I am laughing at them as I burn their little subpoena on camera.
Double-barreled Mickey salute right back at ya, creeps.
Igor Bobic
@igorbobic
Paul objects to a vote on Ukraine aid today. Senate will now have to pass it next week.
McConnell thanked Schumer afterward, and they both gave each other a head nod.
McConnell walked out of the chamber without a glance at Paul
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1524833935179534337.html
Ahh Chuck Schumer standing firm on the neck of average Americans financial future to assure they continue to circle the drain !
Just like a good parasitic DC PIECE OF SHIT and their overwhelming opinion of SCREW THE COUNTRY AND THE CITIZENS WE ARE IN CHARGE
You won’t see this story about Rand Paul delaying the vote anywhere in the mainstream media. Sundance could have by-lined it as “an exclusive”.
Never fear Chuck, you will discover what we the people think this November.
I totally agree with Rand Paul. He is a rare man of integrity in a Senate full of Corruption.
Thank you very much Senator Rand Paul! May God bless you and keep you and your family SAFE ! 🙏
Imagine if you will, Senator Paul as Senate Leader.
Chuckie is a disgruntled “Get off my lawn” liberal who cannot allow the truth to be pointed out to him.
Nice Work Mr. Senator ! Ukraine is amongst the most corrupt nations. Zelensky is puppet installed by the globalist (like Biden) who have been enriching themselves in Ukraine since the fall of the Soviet Union. No more American dollars or weapons -FIX our border !
I guess Rand Paul had to do it to defend his credibility. But it just means that Zelensky and the Azov unit won’t get it until after the war is over. What great representatives we have.
Is anybody here still holding out any hope based on the midterms? Even if Republicans win, there won’t be any better representation. And Americans re-elect incumbents over 90% of the time.
Stab the insanity in the heart Senator Paul – its death sheds no life, nor blood – just trash of the Two-Party Dictatorship.
Post WWII mantra is death to the Constitution ; it will not save the World, just impoverish us all.
Nobody can tell me why I should care about Ukraine. I know it’s been the private money laundering machine of the establishment but other than that…?
All for a bunch of Nazi descendants & corrupted Washington DC politicians! 😡
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….The $40 billion supplemental spending bill for Ukraine is more than the total military budget of Russia. The combined Ukraine aid packages now exceed $60 billion, more than the entire budget for the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security including border protection.
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Mark Levin i am very disappointed in you I thought you were smarter than to say something like that – the point is when are we going to start putting American’s first for anything????? Why don’t the europeans and those closest to the situation throw in deep pockets of money – they are still buying Russian oil as probably we are too
Mark Levin is a fraud, full of hot air, in order to make big $$$$$.
Rand Paul was also the only Senator I believe who stood up to Fauci’s lies early on, which now have been exposed. Rand Paul is right more often than not. Perhaps it’s because he has no agenda other than to serve the people.
Politicians who want to “save Ukraine” should set up a GoFundMe page for them and then donate their own damn money
Chuckie, once again take a good long look in the mirror, if you dare. You and your compadres are the authoritarianism, or the enemy within, that we the people are fighting against each and every day, in order to retake our republic. Mark my words, your days are numbered.
Mark Levin, I can’t decide if he’s for giving them money or not….looks like he is trying to split the fence. Maybe I’m off. Good for Rand. Get the others who do agree with you to get loud and in front of cameras too. Flood the airwaves before the Dems and keep at it until the vote.
Let me see if I’ve got it right in today’s world…..
”Supporting Nazis in the US is bad……
but supporting Nazis in Ukraine is good…..????”
New national holiday in Ukraine next month.
‘ Laundry Day ‘
$60B exceeds DHS’ budget for border security? Since there is no border security and basically no border, I want my money back.
We need more Rand Pauls in government. Thank god he’s willing to stand up for what’s right. Spend our tax dollars HERE! I do not want to pay for Ukraine’s gov retirement accounts! This is frickkin’ ridiculous!
I’d rather be a Putin ass kisser instead of Biden!
So, Mark Levin in his tweet pointing out that the Baby Formula Shortage was going on BEFORE Ukraine . . . then maybe Ukraine was to get our minds off of Baby Formula, Gas Prices and other aspects of the Brandon economy?
Of course Members of Congress would be terrified of anything that injected accountability into how “all this money” is to be spent.
Notice also that the only “aid” which they are actually promising all comes down to money … vast amounts of it, ripe for the grifting. And that’s exactly what will happen to most of it.