Ukraine War BREAKING NEWS: GOP Supporters - You Can No Longer Blame the Dems on Ukr Aid
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Hello Team
🎦 00:00-00:28⏩
Jonathan is angry about the impasse in US politics with regards to aid for Ukraine and explains that this video will focus on this rather than being included in today's main news update
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Jonathan's explains the background and the reasons for his anger: GOP can no longer blame the Democrats for lack of aid to Ukraine
🎦 00:28-04:12⏩
Jonathan explains that GOP Politicians have shot themselves in the foot. It's no longer feasible for them to blame the Democrats for the lack of aid to Ukraine as:
- A bipartisan group of Senators thrashed out what would have been the most effective border bill in years in order to secure aid for Ukraine (and Israel)
- The GOP have said that despite this, they still won't pass aid to Ukraine but have now announced they will introduce a bill to send $17.6 billion in urgent military aid to Israel.
- This clearly demonstrates that this is about Ukraine being partisan and is a deliberate tactic by the GOP to withhold aid.
GOP motives: Don't want Biden to succeed politically
🎦 04:12-05:15⏩
Jonathan argues that this demonstrates that the GOP do not want Biden to be seen to succeed politically and would rather see America (and by extension Ukraine) fail. He believes the GOP motive is to be able to campaign against Biden in the forthcoming 2024 election and don't want to give him any political victories that could be used against them.
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House Democrat calls standalone Israel aid bill an act of bad faith
🎦 05:15-06:51⏩
Jonathan cites a report in _The Hill_ in which US Representative Jim Hines condemned the standalone Israel aid bill as an "act of staggering bad faith" and a cynical political manoeuvre by the GOP. Jonathan agrees, adding that Israel doesn't even need the aid.
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Jonathan discusses GOP double standards on Aid
🎦 06:51-08:56⏩
Jonathan argues that the GOP are presenting double standards when GOP House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says that a border deal is needed before any aid is given to Ukraine but is happy to support funding for Israel. Jonathan believes that Scalise's comments ("_Any more funding for Ukraine before we secure our own border is a non-starter_") demonstrate that the GOP are holding Ukraine to ransom and that the border issue is being used as leverage.
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GOP actions are giving Putin an advantage
🎦 08:56-09:46⏩
Jonathan states that the result of this is that people in Ukraine are dying. He reports that Avdiivka is about to fall as Ukrainian forces do not have the equipment they need to defend the city, highlighting comments by Doug Klein that Republicans are to blame ("_Republicans have spent months blocking air to Ukraine...forcing troops on the front line to ration ammo as it runs low...What Republicans have done is objectively given Putin an advantage, and the Ukrainians are paying in blood for it_."). Jonathan adds that there are worries about Kupiansk.
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GOP have no intention of passing the border bill
🎦 09:46-10:10⏩
Jonathan highlights comments from Mike Johnson that the border bill is dead on arrival and that it won't come close to ending what he calls "the border catastrophe the president has created". Jonathan believes this demonstrates that the GOP have no intention of passing the bill.
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Jonathan summarises GOP actions: They will vote for Israeli aid but not Ukrainian
🎦 10:10-11:01⏩
Jonathan summarises that the GOP have said they won't vote for the new border bill but will vote for Israeli aid. He questions why, given Ukraine's desperate need, they won't also support the bill to provide aid to Ukraine. He believes that by doing this the GOP have tied Biden's hands in terms of International diplomacy and questions how the GOP can claim that Biden's stance on Ukraine demonstrates weakness.
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International Condemnation for GOP actions
🎦 11:01-12:12⏩
Jonathan reports that there has been widespread condemnation of GOP actions from International analysts, quoting a former Reuters, Moscow, Washington post reporter (unnamed) as saying "the US is a fat buffalo trying to take a nap as hungry wolves approach" and a European ambassador who has said "I can hear those champagne bottle corks popping in Moscow, like it's Christmas every fucking day".
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Alexander Vindman: GOP are "mother-effing traitors"
🎦 12:12-13:16⏩
Jonathan shares Alexander Vindman's view that the GOP are "mother-effing traitors", adding that those opposed to Biden and the Democrats will own this and will be defeated.
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GOP actions are treasonous and they will be judged by history
🎦 13:16-14:09⏩
Jonathan cites a tweet by Vladamir Nolten: "_The world is watching Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise and the rest of the Maga Putin puppets betray America, betray Ukraine, and by extension, betray the entire free world. The world will not forget these treasonous scumbags_." He adds a quote from Julia Davis, who believes that Russia no longer needs Trump to be President to get what they want ("_The Russians thought they would have to wait for Trump's presidency in order for the USA to Ukraine to stop. But now they're getting the same gift through this, his servile Republican proxies._").
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Jonathan addresses GOP supporters directly and reiterates his anger
🎦 14:09-15:50⏩
Jonathan addresses those who continue to blame the Democrats for the lack of aid to Ukraine, saying that he does not understand how GOP supporters can square their support for the party with their support for Ukraine. He challenges them to justify their support for the GOP and Trump given that their stance is costing lives in Ukraine. He believes that supporting the GOP justifies the deaths of Ukrainians and that those responsible, specifically Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise, should hang their heads in shame.
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Wrap up
🎦 15:50-15:50⏩
Jonathan ends the video there.
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"_I don't think you are justified in maintaining support for these politicians and for this MAGA Trump approach when people are dying on the front line. That kind of rationale justifies the death of Ukrainians. And it is not on the Democrats this time. Not that I thought it was, as I say. This is on Mike Johnson and those kind of thinkers, Steve Scalise. Hang your heads in shame._"
