POLITICO reports that Republican security hawks are privately slamming Donald Trump's choice of Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate.
““While toeing the party line and praising Vance in their public comments, in private the interventionists ranged from horrified to merely alarmed that one of the loudest critics of aiding Ukraine could soon be first in line for the presidency,” https://t.co/gDXcDDH5VF
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) July 17, 2024
Oh no! POLITICO reports:
Former President Donald Trump didn’t just select a running mate here – he doused political kerosene on the raging Republican fire over foreign policy.
By tapping the 39-year-old Sen. J.D. Vance, one of the party’s leading national security doves, Trump strengthened the hand of the isolationist forces eager to undo the hawkish GOP consensus that has endured since the Reagan era.
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Should Trump prevail in November, the non-interventionists will have one of their most articulate advocates at Trump’s side. What worries the hawks is that Vance may also be the last adviser in the former president’s ear.
While toeing the party line and praising Vance in their public comments, in private the interventionists ranged from horrified to merely alarmed that one of the loudest critics of aiding Ukraine could soon be first in line for the presidency. The grimaces, sighs and whispered frustrations from the old guard as they made their way through the convention reception circuit were easy to find in the day after the selection.
Jonathan Martin reports that an influential congressional Republican simply told him about the Vance selection: “I’m scared to death.” "The Ukrainians had better hurry up and win," said Rep. Ken Calvert.
All the right people are mad https://t.co/8wSlRpHqDq
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 18, 2024
I'm more afraid of the old guard Republicans than I am of Putin.
— Seattle Ultra Extremist (@SeattleIndepen1) July 18, 2024
I think Charlie is saying that Liz Cheney, Mitt, and Kinzinger are super mad.
— Joannie B (@JoannieBeeGood) July 18, 2024
If my grifter neighbor asked to borrow my only gun (hypothetically) as riots were coming near, I wouldn't do it, because I'm likely to need it.
— Phil of Ockham (@PhilsRazor) July 18, 2024
Now explain why we should strip our military for the benefit of crooked Ukraine, as the world prepares to destroy the USA.
The goal shouldn’t be “aid”. The goal should be brokering some kind of peace. Period. GFY.
— TumblinMuffin😉 (@sassyblondie1) July 18, 2024
As we've reported earlier, Congressional legislation had a "loan cancellation" clause put in, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was working on a security agreement with the United States that would lock aid in for 10 years, meaning the next two presidents, whoever they may be, couldn't cut it off.
Good. That means we're on the right track.
— MelanieM (@MelMEsq) July 18, 2024
Great news!! I like Vance even more now!! Trump/Vance 2024!
— Bite Me Crank Matey (@WHT_Xacct) July 18, 2024
This is a good thing.👍
— Tom (@Gardrail) July 18, 2024
Awesome.
— Chuck (@ItsChuck66) July 18, 2024
Good! Ukraine isn't our business. America first means just that. pic.twitter.com/kDvq2UhmGR
— Texas Paladin (@RC_UTSA) July 18, 2024
"Security Hawks" is a nice way of saying "Warmongering Neocon Globalist Scum." Cry harder, Charlie.
— DrewInWisconsin (@DrewInWisconsin) July 18, 2024
Maybe you should talk to the American people. We're not horrified at all by his stance, actually we demand it!
— Leela Loren (@LorenLeela) July 17, 2024
So you’re cool with giving hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money to a country to fight a war that never would have happened if the sitting president wasn’t so weak?
— Kevin (@inverseowl) July 18, 2024
These Republican security hawks are already "horrified" about a Vance presidency. They certainly intend for this war in Ukraine to keep going for a long time.
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