(#5540) 24 hours later my optimism is waning

      The attention should always be in the details. As the maga johnson says he wants to pass Ukrainian aid he is actually working to dismantle democracy as a price for it. President Biden is all about the details and is shutting down the maga attempts to harm the American people. Yesterday I had hoped that what was left of the good in the republican House would find a way to work with democrats to do the correct thing and allow a vote in Ukrainian aid that was not full of poison pills for our democracy. However I should have been less hopeful because it is nothing but the same with republicans. They demand harm in order to pass some good.
     What has happened over the last several months is that President Biden and democrats have been searching for ways to supplement the potential loss of US aid to Ukraine. There have been some interesting avenues for other countries to form initiatives that help Ukraine in their desperate need for the aid that didn't come from the US due to republicans playing at blackmailing democrats instead of helping defeat putin. The longer the aid is held up by republicans the more other methods of aid will find its way to Ukraine. As this continues to happen the leverage republicans thought they had over democrats will lessen and then they will be left with the stench of working to defeat democracy and help tyranny as their reward for their failed blackmailing attempt of democrats.
     The election in November will be the republicans defeat as it stands now and add in the possible denial of aid to Ukraine the notion that republicans will have any success in the election continues to dwindle in scope. Ukraine is a mighty nation that will find a way to thwart the overt putin and the by omission American republicans who are nevertheless working together to destroy Ukrainian culture and sovereignty. The disgust the many of us here in America have for republicans is continuing to expand and will not soon be forgotten in the years to come. My hope that some good will come from this latest attempt to pass Ukrainian aid is not dead but it is on life support. I had hoped yesterday would bring about a new beginning at least on bipartisanship toward helping Ukraine keep her democracy but alas I am now less certain than before I had renewed hope.