Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) tells reporters he wants to delay the vote on aid to Ukraine as long as possible.
Bloomberg’s Jack Fitzpatrick wrote:
Senator Rand Paul says he wants to delay a vote on foreign aid as long as possible.
“The longer it lasts, the better. And I told them that if they want us to come back next week, we might as well stay here the whole time.
Senator Paul’s statement is the most blatantly pro-Russian position imaginable. Ukraine needs the help immediately. It’s an emergency, so Paul wants to go through everything slowly. This means that even if the House quickly moves through and passes the bill, Paul will use every procedural delay tactic at his disposal to make the Senate jump through hoops so that the aid only reaches President Biden’s desk. possibly later next week.
By delaying aid, Senator Paul is doing what Putin wants. The pro-Russian Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate are not on the side of US national security. Paul publicly works against the nation’s security interests as an elected official who takes an oath to defend the Constitution against foreign enemies.
The bill will eventually pass the Senate, but Rand Paul plans to do whatever he can to buy Putin more time.
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