{"id":2051959,"date":"2023-10-02T02:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T06:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-majority-at-odds-with-presidential-primary-voters-on-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T02:28:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T06:28:42","slug":"gop-majority-at-odds-with-presidential-primary-voters-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-majority-at-odds-with-presidential-primary-voters-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP majority disagrees with presidential primary voters on 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\">18<\/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%2Fgop-majority-at-odds-with-presidential-primary-voters-on-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=2051959&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--><h2>Republicans in Congress\u200c Divided on Aid to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>A majority of \u2064Republicans in Congress continue to back aiding and arming Ukraine, in stark contrast to GOP \u200cpresidential\u2064 primary voters who overwhelmingly\u200b appear to favor candidates who want to end or\u200d lessen that support.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>REPUBLICAN\u200b DEBATE: \u2064TOP\u200d THREE\u200d TAKEAWAYS\u200c FROM THE CANDIDATES&#8217; LATEST MEETING<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The House\u200c ultimately voted\u2062 311-117 to provide $300 million in\u2064 aid to Ukraine in \u2062a stand-alone bill on Thursday,\u200b with every vote against the measure coming from the\u2063 GOP.<\/p>\n<p>The funding had been stripped from the annual defense spending \u2063bill in\u2064 an effort \u2063to appease those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-fights-to-shore-up-republican-support-ahead-of-speakership-vote\/\" title=\"McCarthy Fights to Shore Up Republican Support Ahead of Speakership Vote\">hard-line conservatives<\/a> \u2062who voted against the measure anyway. Earlier in the process of getting it passed, 93 House Republicans voted in favor \u2062of a failed amendment from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) that ultimately would have prohibited security assistance to Ukraine, while 104 voted in favor of another failed amendment\u200d from\u2064 Rep. Andy \u2063Biggs (R-AZ) that would have stripped the Ukraine money from the larger spending bill,\u2064 which ultimately happened\u200b anyway and passed as \u2063a\u2064 stand-alone.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the vocal \u200cminority, most of the party not \u200donly supports aiding Ukraine but believes President Joe Biden is only \u2062doing enough to\u200b prevent \u2064a Ukrainian defeat, not \u2063to assist in their victory.<\/p>\n<p>But that shrinking majority is seemingly\u2064 at odds with their base, which, based on most polling\u2062 of\u2062 the \u2062GOP presidential primary, \u2063is gravitating toward candidates who seemingly want\u2062 to lessen such assistance to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s second presidential \u200dprimary\u2063 debate, the majority of candidates, mainly\u2064 those with \u2063limited support, aggressively \u200ddefended such assistance and insisted it&#8217;s vital for \u200cU.S. national security.<\/p>\n<p>Former President \u200cDonald Trump, the overwhelming favorite for the nomination, has said he\u2019d be able to end the war in 24 hours, though the only plans he\u2019s shared publicly \u2064on how \u2063he\u2019d do that include\u2064 threatening to cut off \u200daid \u200dto\u200b Ukrainian President \u2063Volodymyr Zelensky and\u2063 telling Russian leader Vladimir Putin that he\u2019d \u2062increase aid to\u2064 Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know Zelensky very well, \u200band I know Putin\u2063 very well, even better. And I had a good relationship, very good \u200cwith both of them. I \u200dwould \u200ctell Zelensky no more. You got to make a\u2063 deal.\u2064 I would tell Putin, \u200bif you \u2062don&#8217;t \u2062make a deal, \u200bwe&#8217;re going\u200d to give him a\u2063 lot. We&#8217;re going to [give Ukraine] more than \u2062they \u200dever\u200c got if we have to. I will have the deal done \u2062in one day. One\u200d day,&#8221; Trump said in August.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), \u2063generally polling in second \u2063at 14%, per RealClearPolitics, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, currently in fourth place at\u200b 5.1%,\u2062 both\u2062 indicated on Wednesday night that\u2063 they\u200b don&#8217;t support continuing\u2063 aid \u2064to Ukraine\u200d as the \u2062Biden administration is currently doing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reality is just because Putin is an evil dictator does not mean that Ukraine is good,&#8221; Ramaswamy \u200csaid during \u200bthe debate, while\u2063 the Florida governor was critical of Europe&#8217;s assistance to Ukraine, saying, \u201cI\u2019m \u2062going to have Europe step up and do their\u200d job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More traditional Republicans, such as former\u200b South\u200b Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. \u2062Tim\u200b Scott \u2062(R-SC), former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie,\u2064 and \u2062former Vice President Mike Pence all said at \u2062the\u200c debate that \u200dcontinuing to help Ukraine is in the U.S.\u2019s national security\u200b interest.\u200c For\u2064 the most \u200cpart, no candidate in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-majority-at-odds-with-presidential-primary-voters-on-ukraine\/\" title=\"GOP majority disagrees with presidential primary voters on Ukraine.\">group reaches double digits<\/a>\u200d in \u2062presidential polling.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE \u2063FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The naivete\u200b on the stage from some of these folks is extraordinary,&#8221; Christie \u2062said, while Scott confirmed that &#8220;degrading the\u200b Russian military&#8221; is in the\u2062 U.S. national interest, adding it\u2063 would &#8220;actually\u2062 keep our homeland safer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 polling suggests that even if \u200dTrump doesn\u2019t get the nomination, maintaining aid to Ukraine will likely \u200bbe on the ballot come next November.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u2063 does the divide within the Republican Party on aid to Ukraine\u2062 reflect broader debates about America&#8217;s role in the world and the direction of US foreign policy?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Withdraw aid to \u200dUkraine unless \u2063they investigated his political rival, Joe Biden. Trump&#8217;s stance on aid to Ukraine has been a \u2062point of\u2063 contention \u2062within the Republican Party, with some members supporting his approach and\u200c others expressing concerns \u2063about the\u200c implications for US national security.<\/p>\n<p>The divide among Republicans in Congress reflects a larger disagreement within the party on foreign policy and national security \u2063issues. While many\u2062 Republican lawmakers believe in the importance of assisting Ukraine in its fight\u2063 against Russian aggression, some primary voters are more inclined toward a more isolationist approach.<\/p>\n<p>This divide was\u2062 evident \u2062in the recent Republican debate,\u2062 where candidates clashed on\u2063 the issue of \u2062aid to Ukraine. While some candidates defended the \u200bneed for continued assistance, others advocated for a reduction or\u2062 elimination of\u200b aid. It is\u200d worth noting that\u200c the candidates who \u200bwere more critical of aid to\u2064 Ukraine tended to have less support in the primary race.<\/p>\n<p>While the\u2062 majority of Republicans in Congress continue to support aid to Ukraine, it \u2064is\u200d clear that there is a growing disconnect between party leadership and some primary voters on this issue. This divide raises questions\u2062 about the future \u2062direction\u2063 of the Republican Party and its stance on foreign \u200cpolicy matters.<\/p>\n<p>As the primary season continues and the race for \u200bthe Republican \u200bnomination intensifies, it will be interesting\u200c to see how\u2062 candidates navigate this division within their party. Will they continue to advocate for a strong US commitment to\u200d Ukraine, or\u2063 will they adopt a more isolationist stance in\u200b order to appeal\u2064 to their base?<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the question of aid to Ukraine is not just a policy dispute within the Republican Party, but also a reflection of broader debates about America&#8217;s role in the world. \u2063As \u2063the world becomes\u2063 increasingly interconnected and global challenges grow, it is \u200cimportant for \u2064policymakers to carefully consider the implications of their decisions on national security and international relations.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Republican Party, like \u2063any\u200b political party,\u2062 is\u200d not monolithic, and disagreements on policy\u2063 are to\u200c be expected.\u2062 However, it is crucial for Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-navy-pilot-clashes-with-fellow-virginia-republican-over-stalled-defense-bill\/\" title=\"Navy pilot turned politician disputes with Virginia Republican on delayed defense bill.\">find\u200c common ground<\/a> \u200don foreign policy matters and present a unified front to the American people. Only by doing so can the party effectively address the complex challenges facing \u200bthe \u2064United States and protect its\u200b national security interests.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of aid to\u2064 Ukraine, Republicans must strike a balance between supporting Ukraine&#8217;s fight against Russian aggression and ensuring that US interests are \u200bprotected. This \u2064requires thoughtful and\u200d nuanced policy discussions, as well as a willingness to\u200b listen\u200d to different \u200cperspectives within the party.<\/p>\n<p>The question \u2064of aid to\u200c Ukraine is not a simple\u200c one, and the Republican \u2064Party must\u2063 grapple \u2064with this \u2063complexity in order to effectively govern\u200d and lead. The\u2064 divide within the\u2064 party\u2064 on \u2063this issue reflects broader debates about America&#8217;s role in the world and the direction of US foreign policy. As Republicans navigate \u200dthis division, they must remember the importance of\u2062 unity and coherence in order to effectively represent the interests of the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of Republicans in Congress support aiding and arming Ukraine, despite GOP primary voters favoring candidates who want to reduce or end that support. 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