Their idea was to tie approval of military assistance to Ukraine to tough border security demands that Democrats would never accept, allowing Republicans to block the money for Kyiv that many of them oppose while simultaneously enabling them to pound Democrats for refusing to halt a surge of migrants at the border. It was to be a win-win headed into November’s elections.
But Democrats tripped them up by offering substantial — almost unheard-of — concessions on immigration policy without insisting on much in return. Now it is Republicans who are rapidly abandoning a compromise that gave them much of what they wanted, leaving aid to Ukraine in deep jeopardy, border policy in turmoil and Congress again flailing as multiple crises at home and abroad go without attention because of a legislative stalemate.
Carlson is busy in Russia interviewing a despot, so the marching order talking-points haven’t fully come in.
I’ve seen some half-assed arguments from conservatives here and there, but they’ve really got nothing. They mostly just lie, as usual.
EDIT: I’m back to apologize, hadn’t seen the latest. But I’m leaving the comment.
C’mon, don’t spread the speculative shit conservatives so. Tucker was seen in the Bolshoi Theater. That’s it. It’s one of the most famous theaters in the world and the man is filthy rich. That’s not weird. Any other take is pure speculation. (But we could have fun with that without stating it as fact.)
It’s appalling that conservatives would have anything to do with Russia, but that’s where we’re at. The GOP is bought and paid for by our arch enemy, and no one cares.