This afternoon the House of Representatives voted to approve another round of foreign aid amounting to nearly $100 billion:
The House is pushing swiftly through a series of votes in a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, Democrats and Republicans joining together after a grueling monthslong fight over renewed American support for repelling Russia's invasion.
With overwhelming support, the House approved the Ukraine portion, a $61 billion aid package, in a strong showing of American backing as lawmakers race to deliver a fresh round of U.S. support to the war-torn ally. Some lawmakers cheered, waiving blue-and-yellow flags of Ukraine.
As the story said, the flags were waving on the House floor -- except they weren't U.S. flags:
As the Ukraine bill is about to come to a vote in House, Ukrainian flags are being handed out en masse on the Democratic side of the chamber with many members holding them
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) April 20, 2024
Democrats are waving Ukraine flags on the House floor while the vote on giving them billions more tax dollars is ongoing
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 20, 2024
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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hammered the government's "priorities" while the U.S. border remains porous and the nation is $35 trillion in debt and going up a trillion every hundred days:
Ukrainian flags fly in the chamber of the UNITED STATES House of Representatives as they vote to send more of your hard-earned money to a corrupt foreign regime. And just like that they shout “UKRAINE! UKRIANE!”while happily working to secure Ukraine’s borders, not ours. pic.twitter.com/BGbUlDS7vG
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 20, 2024
"America last priorities" are on display again:
The House isn’t even trying to hide their Ukraine 1st America last priorities… https://t.co/4E3wRkXL7C
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 20, 2024
Simply amazing.
And in another 2.5 months Ukraine will have made zero progress and be asking for more
— Purrplexed (@Purrplexion) April 20, 2024
That's almost a certainty.
Meanwhile...
NEW: Border numbers continue to rise. Per CBP sources, there were just over 7,000 encounters at the southern border yesterday, following two days in a row of approx. 6,500, when prior weeks had been mostly in the 4,000s & 5,000s.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 20, 2024
First 7,000 day I can recall since early March.
All is well!