| Ryuu96 said: Senate Republican leaders are waiting on President Donald Trump to greenlight an aggressive bid to sanction Russia. Some of their own members aren't interested in delay. "I'm not waiting for anything. I think we should bring it to the floor and put the hurt on Putin," Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., told Semafor. "I'm not looking to anyone else for guidance on this. I've waited long enough," Young added. "And it's pretty clear to me that Putin has been jerking us around for months, and I don't think the United States of America should tolerate that." A growing number of GOP senators feel that they may have to make a move to hurry Trump along in the talks. Some of them see their action — blessed by the White House or not — as strengthening Trump's hand in his dealings with Vladimir Putin. "We can hang on to it, or we can move now. It doesn't mean he has to sign it into law right now, but absolutely we want to keep moving forward so that Vladimir Putin knows we are serious. That guy is stringing President Trump along. We don't appreciate it," said Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. Republicans are leaving presidential diplomacy to Graham, who argued on the Senate floor on Wednesday for the US to take on Putin more aggressively. The South Carolina Republican also noted how hard it is to get 81 senators in both parties to agree to anything these days; that's how many are backing his bill. That number includes Republicans who have both supported and opposed Ukraine aid bills over the past three years. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., estimated as many as 70 senators would support the bill even if Trump didn't explicitly back it. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said this week that his chamber is ready to move on Russia sanctions whenever the White House is. Yet it also might move sooner. Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said that while Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson have their hands full now with party-line tax and spending legislation, he hoped Congress might start voting after the upcoming Memorial Day recess. Senate Russia Hawks Sick of Waiting on Sanctions | Semafor Even some Republicans now are saying out loud, yeah, Putin is absolutely playing Trump. Meanwhile Trump the senile fella, is sitting there playing with his Lego bricks and saying "Putin loves me!" "We don't appreciate the elder abuse!" says Joni Ernst. I mean it's either Trump is the biggest idiot in the world or he is a Russian asset. |
Interesting that many republicans haven't drank the trump kool-aid. And that seems unusual since most politicians of the same party will have a shit eating grin while parroting back whatever the POTUS says.
