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EpicRandy on 04 November 2022
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Ryuu96 said:

A lot of Republicans today would love if America was run like Russia, not so much the pathetic army aspect but culturally, the "anti-woke" "strongman" image that Russia so desperately tries to convey which in Russia just means a bunch of sexism/racism. Another chunk will say that anything the Dems do is bad, Dems support Ukraine = Supporting Ukraine is bad.

Some also will believe that Ukraine is the main thing to blame for the current economic situation and simply don't care about Ukraine, they will think that stopping aid to Ukraine will suddenly hugely improve things, it won't. Ukraine isn't going to surrender no matter what and rightfully so, the best way to relieve the economic pressure that this war is causing is by ending it faster, we end it faster by giving Ukraine everything they need to push Russia out.

But Ukraine is only one of many factors for the current economic situation.

I'm still not worried though, for starters, I don't believe there are enough psychopaths like MTG in Congress, I think there's enough Republicans still who will side with Ukraine aid, if Dems lose House/Senate it will only be by a very small amount and public support is still in Ukraine's favour overall. We've already had top ranking Republicans come out in support of Ukraine; I hope they would know more what is at stake than the general public.

Also, based on everything I've read, Biden does not need congressional approval for Lend-Lease after it's signed into law, which it has been, it allows him to send stuff without going through the usual channels (House/Senate) and has yet to be used, so if the worst comes and House/Senate start blocking aid, we still have Lend-Lease as a backup.

Also even in the case Democrats loose both the House and senate next week, it will enter a lame duck period which Biden and democrats may use to sign into law new, even outrageously high, amount for Ukraine supports. 

Republicans will then need to pass new resolutions to undo those, the problems is that those resolutions will be far from popular, will be subject to filibuster from democrats and also presidential veto.