Reprinted from hartmannreport.com
Wednesday night as bombs were falling on Ukraine, Sen. Cruz was partying hard with Trump at Mar-a-Lago along with other GOP senators, having already sabotaged Biden's efforts against Putin
About a month ago, Senator Bob Menendez introduced legislation in the Senate that would have both strengthened Ukraine's ability to fight back against an invasion and given President Biden some truly powerful sanction tools to use should it happen.
Much of it turned on the Lend-Lease Act that FDR got pushed through Congress in 1941 to help England at the height of "the Blitz," the German bombardment of London, in a way that avoided his having to declare war on Germany.
It also would have freed up billions to make up for the money Congress authorized but Donald Trump froze when President Zelensky refused to make up lies about candidate Joe Biden, an extortion attempt that got Trump impeached the first time.
As The New York Times noted:
"The bill also would have authorized President Biden to use the Lend-Lease Act of 1941 to lend military equipment to Ukraine, on top of the $2.7 billion in security assistance the United States has committed to Kyiv since 2014."
The bill died, however, when Senator Ted Cruz (R-Cancun) had a hissy fit and put a hold on it in retaliation for the administration not supporting his grandstanding effort to interfere in German negotiations around the Nordstream 2 pipeline. Or some excuse like that: if it hurt the Biden Administration's ability to be successful and effective, that was apparently enough for Cruz.
Instead of aid and money, the Times said, "senators could muster only the legislative equivalent of a strongly worded letter scolding Mr. Putin""
Wednesday night while bombs were falling on Ukraine, having accomplished his sabotage of both Biden and Zelensky, Senator Cruz was partying hard with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago along with Republican senators Marsha Blackburn (who was blocking funding the US government over "free crack pipes") and Trump lapdog Lindsay Graham.
Trump told his guests that Russian President Putin's behavior reflected brilliant governance, the way nations should be run by truly competent leaders:
"Putin is smart," Trump told the awe-struck group of sycophants. "He's taken over a country for $2 worth of sanctions. I'd say that's pretty smart!"
Similarly, Trump's former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said about Putin the day before, "Very shrewd. Very capable. I have enormous respect for him."
From the Republican point of view, Pompeo and Trump have a point. Democracy kinda sucks for them, just like it once did for Putin.
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