🚨 The House just voted 216-204 to clear the final procedural step for the discharge petition to provide military aid to Ukraine and impose tough sanctions on Russia.
We will vote on final passage later tonight
This is our Churchill moment, and we must pass the test.
Former Fed Chair Jerome Powell accepted the JFK Award and took a subtle swipe at Trump:
“As John Adams said, ‘Ours is a government of law, and not of men.’”
It’s amazing. Chip Roy and John Cornyn both trump boot lickers, still thrown to the wolves.
You either have to be 100 percent committed to the cult, or you’re out. If you want to walk a line, you’ll get crushed.
But telling the truth and doing right will free your soul
We have forced an opportunity for the House to vote on military aid to Ukraine & tough sanctions on Russia. The history books will be written & it should read that America helped defeat the invading dictator. We need to be a Churchill & not a Chamberlain.
https://t.co/dHN4BOvQ6Q
Russia is losing on the battlefield and in the Black Sea. Its economy is in tatters. All it can do is bomb Ukrainian cities and civilians. This is why we must pass Russian sanctions and military aid to Ukraine. The House will vote on this in two weeks.
People are concerned about paying their mortgage or rent, affording groceries and paying for gas, not about putting together a $1.8 billion fund for the President and his allies to pay whomever they wish with no legal precedent or accountability. This is adding to our national debt. If there needs to be a settlement, the administration should bring it to Congress to decide.
GOP Senator Thom Tillis slams Trump’s $1.8B slush fund:
“I think it’s stupid on stilts… Taxpayer dollars will compensate someone who assaulted a police officer, got convicted…and now we’re going to pay him for that? This is absurd!”
The decision to withdraw a second armored brigade from Eastern Europe is reprehensible and embarrassing to our country. The SECDEF did this with no concessions from Russia and with no coordination with Poland, a model ally.
https://t.co/cNm0i0rN87
This is outright theft.
Trump is stealing $1.7 BILLION of your money to set up a totally unprecedented, first-in-American-history political slush fund that he can use to dole out cash to win loyalty and favors for him and his family.
There is no way the republicans would be anything less that outraged if Obama had taken almost $2 billion of taxpayer dollars and given it to people he pardoned for trying to steal an election. Every republican in congress who doesn’t speak up and prevent this is complicit
Amazon cut 30,000 jobs & got a $7.8 billion tax break
Meta cut 8,000 jobs & got an $8 billion tax break
PayPal cut 4,800 jobs & paid $0 in federal income taxes
Disney cut 1,000 jobs & paid $0 in federal income taxes
Corporate tax breaks don't create jobs. They enrich the 1%.
This is a huge development--a chance to firmly punish Russia for its savage aggression and help add to Ukraine's growing momentum.
Perhaps a chance to finally end this war.
UNLESS the @POTUS stands w/Putin, and Republicans in Congress are too cowed to oppose him.
Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, according to government data. https://t.co/Txg9D5599q
70% of Americans strongly support Ukraine. It is time that Congress reflect the will of the people and stand with freedom. I am glad we have 218 signatures on the discharge petition that will bring this vote to the floor.