{"id":1849724,"date":"2023-02-16T12:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T17:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1849724"},"modified":"2023-02-16T12:28:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T17:28:49","slug":"poll-less-than-half-of-americans-support-shipping-our-weapons-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-less-than-half-of-americans-support-shipping-our-weapons-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Less Than Half Of Americans Support Shipping Our Weapons To Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fpoll-less-than-half-of-americans-support-shipping-our-weapons-to-ukraine%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=1849724&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-->\n<p>As Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine nears its one-year anniversary on Feb. 24, many Americans\u2019 patience is wearing thin. New <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-biden-politics-poland-33095abf76875b60ebab3ddf4eede188?utm_campaign=position_03&#038;utm_content=eyebrows&#038;utm_medium=TopNews&#038;utm_source=homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poll<\/a> According to the Associated Press\/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, American support for shipping arms and tax dollars to Ukraine is decreasing. <\/p>\n<p>Now, less than half of Americans (48%) say they support the U.S. supplying weapons to Ukraine. 29% are opposed and 22% are not in favor. This is a drop from May 2022, when only three months had passed and 60 percent of U.S. adults supported sending weapons to Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Americans are divided on whether they send cash. It is supported by 37%, 38%, and 23% respectively. <\/p>\n<p>A war without an end in sight, which has already cost the U.S taxpayers approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-united-states-government-us-republican-party-texas-michael-mccaul-114e61bdd752d387a3df813638dab68a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$113 billion in less that one year<\/a>It makes sense that Americans are less inclined to support funding the conflict. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2022\/12\/14\/pew-study-1-4-american-parents-struggled-pay-basic-needs\/10858864002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Concerned<\/a> about how they\u2019ll foot their <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/13\/the-economic-experts-shilling-for-biden-were-wrong-about-inflation-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Extremely exaggerated<\/a> Pay your grocery bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasfed.org\/research\/economics\/2022\/1004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Falling wages<\/a>This is partly due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-united-states-government-mexico-el-paso-8d307f4d5617e6bf071b10d8e28151d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Migrant influx<\/a> At the U.S.-Mexico frontier. Meanwhile, a fentanyl crisis \u2014 thanks to truckloads of illegal drugs smuggled into the country via the same disastrous border policies \u2014 is wreaking havoc on poor, blue-collar communities. More than 107,000 Americans were killed by drug overdoses. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/science-health-covid-opioids-death-rates-ba8af16246240aae4b044238ce19e6b6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overdoses<\/a> Only 2021 <\/p>\n<p>Americans want their Biden administration to be more focused on domestic issues. A majority of Americans want Biden to assist Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/globalaffairs.org\/research\/public-opinion-survey\/growing-us-divide-how-long-support-ukraine?utm_source=media&#038;utm_campaign=rpt&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=fall-Ukraine-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">negotiate a peace settlement<\/a> Russia. It is quite simple to fund a proxy war abroad with permanent funding. <a href=\"https:\/\/morningconsult.com\/2022\/11\/29\/united-states-foreign-policy-expectations-democrats-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not a priority<\/a> For the average American, Democrat or Republican. This is why Biden administration officials probably <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-biden-politics-poland-33095abf76875b60ebab3ddf4eede188?utm_campaign=position_03&#038;utm_content=eyebrows&#038;utm_medium=TopNews&#038;utm_source=homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> I quietly warned Ukraine that the Americans don&#8217;t have the patience to wage endless wars.<\/p>\n<p>The American war chest was enriched by giving Zelensky&#8217;s ilk more money <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/10\/66-billion-in-its-clear-the-realists-were-right-about-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extends Ukraine\u2019s ability to fight<\/a> and thus prolongs the war \u2014 a fact to which Americans seem to be waking up. Whether the money actually goes to the war effort or lines a Ukrainian oligarch\u2019s pockets is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cbs-news-deletes-tweet-claiming-only-like-30-us-military-aid-ukraine-ever-reaches-front-lines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an open question<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., might think supporting Ukraine\u2019s war effort against Russia is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1626246362030301184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the single most important event<\/a>\u201d There is much to be done right now, however, fewer Americans are willing or able to agree.<\/p>\n<p> Victoria Marshall is a staff journalist at The Federalist. Her writings have been published in the New York Post and National Review. Hillsdale College graduated her in May 2021, with a double major in journalism and politics. Follow her Twitter @vemrshll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine nears its one-year anniversary on Feb. 24, many Americans&#8217; patience is wearing thin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1130,"featured_media":1348259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3884,3921,9328,3723,6991,7788],"class_list":["post-1849724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-americans","tag-poll","tag-shipping","tag-support","tag-ukraine","tag-weapons"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849724","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\/1130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1849724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1348259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1849724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1849724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1849724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}