{"id":1484565,"date":"2022-05-19T14:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T18:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484565"},"modified":"2022-05-19T14:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T18:45:52","slug":"mcconnell-calls-out-republicans-who-opposed-ukraine-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-calls-out-republicans-who-opposed-ukraine-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Calls Out Republicans Who Opposed Ukraine Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcconnell-calls-out-republicans-who-opposed-ukraine-aid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484565&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed the 11 Republicans who voted against sending the $40 billion aid package to Ukraine during a speech Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven Republican senators voted last week against advancing the bill. McConnell, who recently visited Ukraine and said sending aid to the war-torn nation was vital took a shot at the group of Senators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a matter of moral principle, the United States is proud to support a sovereign democracy and self-defense,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?520413-1\/senate-approves-40-billion-ukraine-aid-bill-86-11&#038;live=&#038;vod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cInnocent Ukrainians have been subjected to wanton cruelty, but aid for Ukraine goes far beyond charity. The future of America\u2019s security and core strategic interests will be shaped by the outcome of this fight. Anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a Ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should Ukraine lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell warned \u201cadversaries\u201d would be \u201ctempted to follow Russia\u2019s lead,\u201d citing China and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/12\/rand-paul-slows-down-ukraine-aid-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stymied<\/a> efforts to send the aid after demanding more financial accountability from Ukraine. Paul wanted the package to be re-written so that it requires an inspector general to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/joe-biden-requests-33-billion-ukraine-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oversee<\/a> spending in Ukraine, which has faced serious corruption in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot save Ukraine by dooming the U.S. economy,\u201d Paul had said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/13\/recipe-for-disaster-rand-paul-defends-blocking-ukraine-military-aid-package-takes-shot-at-john-mccain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Recipe For Disaster\u2019: Rand Paul Defends Blocking Ukraine Military Aid Package, Takes Shot At John McCain)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paul, along with Sens. Mike Braun of Indiana, Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, John Boozman of Arkansas, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Mike Lee of Utah, \u00a0Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Roger Marshall of Kansas, Mike Crapo of Idaho and Josh Hawley of Missouri, all voted to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/17\/eleven-republican-senators-vote-against-ukraine-military-aid-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">block advancing<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/17\/tucker-carlson-dan-crenshaw-eyepatch-mccain-ukraine-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aid<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A group of 81 bipartisan senators voted in favor of advancing the package Monday. The same group voted Thursday to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/senate\/3494632-senate-passes-40-billion-ukraine-aid-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">approve<\/a> the aid package, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed the 11 Republicans who voted against sending the $40 billion aid package to Ukraine during a speech Thursday.Eleven Republican senators voted last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":1484589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1484565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1484589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}