Analysis: McCarthy’s striking warning signal on GOP and Ukraine aid
In a new interview, though, McCarthy is singing a significantly different tune. He says that if Republicans win back Congress, we shouldn’t take for granted that the United States will send further military aid to Ukraine.
“I think people are going to be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine,” McCarthy. “They just won’t do it. … It’s not a free blank check. And then there’s the things [the Biden administration] is not doing domestically. Not doing the border and people begin to weigh that. Ukraine is important, but at the same time it can’t be the only thing they do, and it can’t be a blank check.
The second is, as Punchbowl notes, this could double as a ploy to force the Biden administration’s hand. If there’s legitimate fear that a GOP-run Congress could stand in the way of more generous aid to Ukraine, it could prompt the currently Democratic-controlled Congress to pass a major bill in the lame-duck session, extending military aid. McCarthy spoke about this issue in terms of what his party might do rather than, necessarily, what he would personally advocate.
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