MAHMOUD BENNETT:
AS WE HIT THE ONE YEAR MARK OF RUSSIA’S LATEST INVASION OF UKRAINE NEWLY RELEASED POLLING SHOWS AMERICAN PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR AIDING UKRAINE IS IN DECLINE
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST AP POLL, AMERICANS ARE NOW ABOUT EVENLY DIVIDED ON SENDING GOVERNMENT FUNDS DIRECTLY TO KIEV, WITH ONLY 37% IN FAVOR AND 38% OF AMERICANS AGAINST IT
MEANWHILE 48 PERCENT – OR ABOUT HALF – SAY THEY *DO* STILL SUPPORT THE US PROVIDING *WEAPONS* TO UKRAINE – THOUGH THAT’S NOTABLY A 12-POINT DECLINE FROM THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO BACKED SUPPLYING UKRAINE WEAPONS IN 2022 – BASED ON AP POLLING
THIS DIMINISHING SUPPORT FOLLOWS THE $113 BILLION PRICE TAG FOOTED BY US TAXPAYERS LAST YEAR
SOME IN THE GOP HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT MASSIVE SPENDING NEEDS TO END. IN FACT AT LEAST 11 HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE NOW PUSHING A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION FOR A COMPLETE HALT OF US MILITARY AND FINANCIAL AID TO UKRAINE URGING QUOTE ALL COMBATANTS TO REACH A PEACE AGREEMENT
IT STRIKES A DIFFERENT TONE FROM REPUBLICANS LIKE LINDSAY GRAHAM
U.S. SENATOR LINDSAY GRAHAM:
The cost of defeating Putin is a good investment in stability for the world writ large.”
MAHMOUD BENNETT:
U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THE NUMBER OF RUSSIAN TROOPS KILLED AND WOUNDED IN UKRAINE IS APPROACHING 200,000
ARMY GEN. MARK A. MILLEY:
They’ve lost strategically, they’ve lost operationally, and I repeat they lost tactically.
MAHMOUD BENNETT:
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS SET TO TRAVEL TO POLAND NEXT WEEK TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONFLICT.
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