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House Speaker rejects Biden's request for additional $24 billion in Ukraine aid

kyivindependent.com House Speaker rejects Biden's request for additional $24 billion in Ukraine aid

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Shitty, but 100% unsurprising. Johnson is (amongst other things) a Trump sycophant.
The Republicans were never going to upset their paymasters by doing so.
Biden can just do it anyways right? Spend and send anything from the military and it’s impossible to prosecute him or the act as per the Supreme Court saying presidents enjoy absolute immunity?
- No, but he could deploy troops for up to 60 days.
  
  He won't, of course, because Biden is a coward who is intent on damaging as many countries fighting authoritarian regimes as possible.
  
  That could be a creative solution. Order troops to deploy and then order them immediately back.
  
  "Oh, no, there's not enough time to ship everything back. I guess you'll have to leave your equipment behind."
  
  Let’s be clear and dispel all that stupid Joe Pesci bullshit.
  
  The president can deploy whatever for however long they want. Bush proved it. 60 days is yesterday’s pearls to clutch and if you truly believe that rule you’re in the wrong country.
  
  FFS if the pres violates the 60 days rule what mechanism exists to enforce it or punish the president?
- If you can convince the military to do blatantly illegal stuff, than sure. But I wouldn't bet (nor would I want) the military doing blatantly illegal stuff, just because it happens to be convenient this one time.
  
  Is it blatantly illegal to ship equipment… vs say EVERYTHING trump has talked about? It’s blatantly illegal for the commander in chief to dictate military spending/logistics?
  
  We had a handful of people stopping military deployment on US soil come Jan 6. But Ukraine/logistics getting dictated by the commander in chief is on the same level?
  
  To be clear I’m fine with it being illegal but just want to call out we’re moving into a post law situation over the next 4 years…
- AFAIK he can re-value military equipment to 1 cent and then donate it within budget.. 155 shells.. 1 pallet for a dollar, gmlrs rockets.. a dollar per pod. Atacms, a dollar per pod..
  
  Grandpa Joe's end of term blow out sale!
- With a GOP controlled house and senate, an impeachment might actually have teeth.
  
  Impeachment of who? Control of congress happens after the current admin. So impeachment for what? And by whom?
  
  I mean it’s not like trump who had 2 solid cases resulting in two impeachments. Biden did what now?
And some Ukrainians thought republicans would be better for Ukraine…
- That would be zero of the Ukranians I'm aware of, but that could be sampling error.
  
  You’re talking to the smart ones.
  
  3 of the Ukrainians I know would have voted Trump if they were allowed to vote.
- Some morons thought “GeNoCiDe” means trump is better. Every Ukrainian I have ever met (many) didn’t buy that shit. But dumb asses thought republicans wouldn’t do what they’ve done for over 3 decades now. That’s not on Ukraine
  
  In fact never heard a single Ukrainian say what you’re saying. Weird having walked on Ukrainian soil and asking them but what do I know?
- Not Ukrainian people, Russians.... Get it right

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