OPINION | Will Republicans support Biden’s strategy on the Ukraine war? - American voters support Ukraine and the Republicans know this, but this may change if inflation skyrockets
With a single vote lead for Democrats in the Senate and the House effectively in the grip of Republicans with a seven-seat lead, President Joe Biden, it seems, will be stuck in a serious dilemma for the remaining two years of his stint at the White House.
On both subjects, despite having similar stances as Democrats on key points, Republicans are likely to give a tough time to the Biden administration in the coming days. The most crucial matter, however, is the scope and quantum of financial and military support for Ukraine.
McCarthy, during the midterm campaign, threatened that there would be no “blank cheque” for Ukraine under the Republican majority in the House. Later on, McCarthy backtracked on his blank cheque comments in his private conversations with national security leaders and clarified that he had no plans to put brakes on support for Ukraine, but other extreme right elements among Republicans are still keeping their voices loud against the US involvement in the Ukraine imbroglio.
Greene has been particularly sceptical about Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy’s sincerity about the war. She alleges that Zelenskiy is deliberately trying to drag the US into a bigger conflict for his own selfish reasons. “We must stop letting Zelenskiy demand money & weapons from US taxpayers while he is trying to drag us into WW3. No more money to Ukraine. It’s time to end this war and demand peace,” she tweeted recently.
But in view of the bipartisan support on both sides of the divide in the US Congress, it is highly unlikely that the US aid to Ukraine will face any significant change in its flow. McCarthy will not give in to Greene and her group’s demands as such, but Republicans are under pressure to put some conditionalities regarding transparency and amount.
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