{"id":1993085,"date":"2023-08-07T12:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T16:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-of-americans-oppose-biden-mcconnell-spending-binge-on-ukraine-proxy-war\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T12:46:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T16:46:12","slug":"poll-majority-of-americans-oppose-biden-mcconnell-spending-binge-on-ukraine-proxy-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-of-americans-oppose-biden-mcconnell-spending-binge-on-ukraine-proxy-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Most Americans Disapprove of Biden-McConnell&#8217;s Ukraine Proxy War Spending Spree"},"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\">22<\/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-majority-of-americans-oppose-biden-mcconnell-spending-binge-on-ukraine-proxy-war%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=1993085&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>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Americans Divided on Sending Aid\u200b to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>A new CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asian-american-activists-blast-bidens-pandering-anti-racism-order\/\" title=\"Asian-American Activists Blast Biden\u2019s \u2018Pandering\u2019 Anti-Racism Order\">poll found<\/a> that \u200ca majority of Americans oppose Congress sending more U.S. aid\u200c to Ukraine \u200camid its ongoing conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Released on \u200bFriday, \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/04\/politics\/cnn-poll-ukraine\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a> reveals that 55 percent of Americans \u201csay the\u200d US Congress should not authorize additional \u200bfunding to support Ukraine vs. 45% who \u200csay Congress should authorize such funding.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-77-percent-of-americans-believe-bidenflation-is-impacting-their-holiday-season\/\" title=\"Poll: 77 Percent of Americans Believe Bidenflation is Impacting Their Holiday Season\u00a0\u00a0\">poll additionally found<\/a> a slight majority (51 percent) expressed sentiments that the U.S. \u201chas already done enough\u201d to help Ukraine in its effort to repel Russia\u2019s invasion, a noticeable change from \u2063February \u20622022, when 62 percent believed America should have \u201cbeen doing more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen asked specifically about types of assistance the US could \u2064provide to\u2063 Ukraine, there is broader\u200b support for\u2062 help with intelligence gathering (63%) and military\u200d training (53%)\u200b than for providing \u2064weapons (43%), alongside very slim backing for US military forces to participate\u2062 in combat operations (17%),\u201d \u200dthe poll found.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s also notable about the survey\u2019s findings is the partisan divide on whether\u2064 the U.S. should continue to financially support Ukraine. While a significant majority of Republicans believe\u2064 Congress \u201cshould not authorize new funding\u201d (71 percent) and that America has \u201cdone enough to assist \u2063Ukraine\u201d (59 percent), Democrats believe the opposite, with 62 percent supporting more U.S. aid and 61 percent saying America should \u201cdo more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most independent voters\u2062 side with Republicans on such matters, with 55 percent opposing additional Ukraine funding and 56 percent saying the \u2062U.S.\u200c has \u201cdone enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064poll\u2019s findings demonstrate a stark difference in the priorities of the American people and those of Washington, D.C. politicos, the latter of whom seem perfectly content with shipping\u2064 endless amounts of money to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/28\/after-more-than-50-billion-in-aid-zelensky-wants-billions-more-from-american-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second most corrupt<\/a> \u200c country in Europe with virtually no oversight\u200c of how U.S. resources are being utilized. While everyday Americans have grappled with\u200c rising inflation and gas prices, Congress\u2064 and the Biden administration committed more than $113 billion in U.S. \u2062taxpayer dollars to Ukraine aid \u200din 2022 \u200bafter Russia invaded in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the Committee for a\u200c Responsible Federal\u2062 Budget.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/08\/04\/ukraine-war-us-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> compared our Ukraine spending to the totals the United States has sent in aid to other \u2062nations over the same timeframe, concluding it was \u201cmore than the U.S. distributes in aid to any other country\u201d in the \u200bworld.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, swamp creatures such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have\u200d routinely <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/16\/mcconnells-ukraine-obsession-further-illustrates-his-disregard-for-the-plights-of-everyday-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> that \u201cdefeating the\u200d Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event going on in the world right now\u201d \u2014 even as America\u2019s economy \u200bfalters, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/out-of-control-crime-threatens-to-bury-democrat-chances-in-november\/\" title=\"Out Of Control Crime Threatens To Bury Democrat Chances In November\">southern border remains wide open<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-of-americans-oppose-biden-mcconnell-spending-binge-on-ukraine-proxy-war\/\" title=\"Poll: Most Americans Disapprove of Biden-McConnell's Ukraine Proxy War Spending Spree\">federal law enforcement apparatus targets<\/a> one of \u2062President Joe Biden\u2019s main political rivals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action \u200dand his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics,\u2062 RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent CNN poll shows that most Americans are against Congress providing more U.S. aid to Ukraine amidst its conflict with Russia. The survey, released on Friday, indicates that 55% of Americans believe Congress should not approve additional funding for Ukraine, while 45% support such authorization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1993086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":["post-1993085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/1993085","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}