{"id":2174230,"date":"2024-02-12T14:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-tillis-openly-trash-dim-and-short-sighted-gop-voters-after-base-rejected-mcconnells-bogus-border-bill\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T14:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:11:02","slug":"mcconnell-tillis-openly-trash-dim-and-short-sighted-gop-voters-after-base-rejected-mcconnells-bogus-border-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-tillis-openly-trash-dim-and-short-sighted-gop-voters-after-base-rejected-mcconnells-bogus-border-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell, Tillis Openly Trash \u2018Dim\u2019 And \u2018Short-Sighted\u2019 GOP Voters After Base Rejected McConnell\u2019s Bogus Border Bill"},"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\">32<\/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-tillis-openly-trash-dim-and-short-sighted-gop-voters-after-base-rejected-mcconnells-bogus-border-bill%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=2174230&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>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Senate Republicans eager to ram Ukraine funding through the upper chamber are just as eager to dismiss their voters as dimwitted and \u201cshortsighted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur base cannot possibly know what\u2019s at stake at the level that any well-briefed U.S. senator should know about what\u2019s at stake if Putin wins,\u201d said North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/senate-republican-hawks-dig-in\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9COur%20base%20cannot%20possibly%20know,to%20enter%20its%20third%20year.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to Punchbowl News Monday.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>New \u2014 Senate GOP Ukraine hawks dig in<\/p>\n<p>Tillis: \u201cOur base cannot possibly know what\u2019s at stake at the level that any well-briefed U.S. senator should know about what\u2019s at stake if Putin wins\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell slams \u201cdimmest &#038; most shortsighted views\u201d of critics<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Of8uWaikLR\">https:\/\/t.co\/Of8uWaikLR<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewDesiderio\/status\/1757056847603753085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Senate lawmakers spent the weekend advancing another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-senate-faces-new-test-ukraine-aid-bill-2024-02-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$61 billion<\/a> to Kyiv following last week\u2019s embarrassing rejection of a bipartisan compromise bill that threatened to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/05\/under-the-senates-atrocious-border-bill-everybody-gets-asylum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">codify<\/a> the invasion on the southern border. The more than $95 billion foreign spending package headed for passage in the upper chamber sends money to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel. If cleared, House Speaker Mike Johnson faces an uphill battle to split the bill with a narrow majority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/06\/joe-bidens-border-bill-is-mitch-mcconnells-blunder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden\u2019s Border Bill Is Mitch McConnell\u2019s Blunder<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a>\u00a0to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Congress approved $113 billion for the proxy war against Russia in 2022. A November NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/voters-back-funding-us-mexico-border-foreign-conflicts-rcna125909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a> found just 35 percent of Republican voters support additional funds for Ukraine. Another poll from <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/02\/poll-plurality-of-americans-say-u-s-is-doing-too-much-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gallup<\/a> out the same month shows a plurality of Americans believe the U.S. is doing too much to prop up Kyiv, with skepticism surrounding new aid highest among Republicans. Providing an endless flow of taxpayer dollars to the war-torn eastern European nation, however, has remained a top priority for Senate Republican leadership.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, GOP Senate chief Mitch McConnell of Kentucky slammed opposition to additional Ukraine aid as those with \u201cthe dimmest and most shortsighted views of our obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s become quite fashionable in some circles to disregard the global interests we have as a global power,\u201d McConnell said, according to Punchbowl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo bemoan the responsibilities of global leadership\u201d and \u201clament the commitment that has underpinned the longest drought of great power conflict in human history,\u201d McConnell added, \u201cis idle work for idle minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has no place in the United States Senate,\u201d McConnell said. <\/p>\n<p>Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee spent the weekend filibustering the latest aid package, which included a more than three-hour speech on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think all of us would like to see Ukraine just win. We can\u2019t wish it into existence. We can\u2019t just dump enough money into it to make it happen,\u201d Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13now.com\/news\/national-news\/lee-filibusters-against-ukraine-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cOn the contrary, economic aid by some measures, it is proving to be a colossal waste of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>   Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/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<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans eager to ram Ukraine funding through the upper chamber are just as eager to dismiss their voters as dimwitted and \u201cshortsighted.\u201d \u201cOur base cannot possibly know what\u2019s at stake at the level that any well-briefed U.S. senator should know about what\u2019s at stake if Putin wins,\u201d said North Carolina Sen. 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