{"id":2228925,"date":"2024-04-24T09:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flip-flop-nine-senators-who-switched-vote-on-ukraine-aid-and-why\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:11:36","slug":"flip-flop-nine-senators-who-switched-vote-on-ukraine-aid-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flip-flop-nine-senators-who-switched-vote-on-ukraine-aid-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote Flip-Flop: Reasons Behind Nine Senators Changing Their Stance on Ukraine Aid"},"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%2Fflip-flop-nine-senators-who-switched-vote-on-ukraine-aid-and-why%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=2228925&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--><p>Nine senators who initially opposed \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-aid-to-arrive-at-india-within-days-amid-massive-covid-19-surge\/\" title=\"U.S. aid to arrive at India within days amid massive COVID-19 surge\">sending aid<\/a> to Ukraine\u200b shifted their positions and voted \u200din favor, resulting in a significant 79-18 majority approval. Republican senators like Katie Britt, Tom Cotton, and Deb Fischer were among those who \u2062changed their stance, emphasizing \u200bthe enhanced aid package&#8217;s importance for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms \"A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured\" in Germany\">national security<\/a> and international relationships. Nine senators,\u200b including Republican lawmakers such \u200bas Katie Britt, Tom Cotton, and Deb Fischer, reversed their opposition to providing aid \u200cto Ukraine. Their change in stance led to \u200da decisive 79-18 majority approval. The senators highlighted \u200cthe aid package&#8217;s significance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-in-the-national-defense-authorization-act-ahead-of-house-floor-vote\/\" title=\"What's in the National Defense Authorization Act before House vote?\">bolstering national security<\/a> and fostering\u2063 international relationships.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In a sweeping reversal, nine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/04\/23\/congress\/foreign-aid-flippers-senate-republicans-00153929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>senators<\/a> who were against sending aid to <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> flipped their stance and voted in favor of the aid on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The vote passed with a wide 79-18 majority. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> senators who were against sending aid and then voted in favor are Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), James Lankford (R-OK), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just so much easier to go back home and say, \u2018Listen, we\u2019re asking people to pay us back when they can if they can,&#8217;\u201d Graham said. \u201cThis is just a much better package. It\u2019s more robust for Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legislation, while imperfect, will make critical strides to reestablish credible American deterrence and move us closer to restoring the peace through strength that President Biden inherited,\u201d Britt said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britt.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/u-s-senator-katie-britt-votes-to-end-ccp-control-of-tiktok-invest-in-american-defense-capacity-defend-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> that did not mention why she changed her stance on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Lankford was against sending Ukraine and Israel aid before the southern border was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankford.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/lankford-opposes-protecting-other-countries-national-security-without-first-securing-our-own-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>addressed<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s recent distance from commenting on the legislation may have helped shift gears toward more Republican support. Some Republicans believe Trump\u2019s silence gave cover over their political flip from \u201cno\u201d to \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Donald Trump did was he stayed out of it,\u201d Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), who was previously opposed to the legislation, told <em>Punchbowl News<\/em>. \u201cI think it was smart politically because he\u2019s not president of the United States. What\u2019s smart for him is to maintain flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was previously opposed to Ukraine aid but did not attempt to end the legislation as he did with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trying-to-tank-horrible-bipartisan-border-bill-says-he-wants-the-blame-if-it-fails\/\" title=\"Trump wants to take the blame if the bipartisan border bill fails, as he tries to sabotage it\">bipartisan border bill<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the former president had sort of mixed views on [Ukraine aid],\u201d Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mcconnell-says-tucker-carlson-trumps-waffling-delayed-crucial-ukraine-rcna149057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cAnd then our nominee for president didn\u2019t seem to want us to do anything at all. That took months to work our way through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also defended House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for bringing forth the bill despite opposition from some House Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore important than what I think about the speaker is what the former president thinks about the speaker,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cAnd he obviously made it clear that he was a fan of Speaker Johnson and suggested some of his critics to shut up. So I\u2019ll just quote the former president.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine senators, previously opposed to Ukraine aid, reversed their stance, voting in favor on Tuesday. The vote, with a 79-18 majority, saw a notable shift. Among the Republican senators changing their votes were Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Deb Fischer (R-NE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2228926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/us-ukraine-1024x597.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/us-ukraine-1024x597.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228925","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}