President Joe Biden has taken the political offensive the last couple of weeks on MAGA Republican inaction on border security and aid to Ukraine.
Over the last two days, the President has spoken twice to reporters and the American People calling on MAGA-supporting Speaker Mike Johnson to move the bipartisan passed Senate bill that would fund assistance to Ukraine, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Taiwan to a vote on the House Floor.
Yesterday, in remarks blaming Vladimir Putin for the death of imprisoned Pro-Democracy activist Alexei Navalny, Mr. Biden reminded the people that the Russian leader's cruelty was not just confined to his country's opposition leaders.
The President called on the House members, whom he mocked for taking a two-week recess, to pass the foreign aid bill because of Navalny's death (murder) :
"Reminds us of the stakes at this moment. To provide the funding for Ukraine so it can keep defending itself against Putin's vicious onslaughts and war crimes...History is watching the House of Representatives. Failure to support Ukraine at this critical moment will never be forgotten...The clock is ticking...We have to help now."
Mr. Biden then repeated his justifiable swipes at Donald 'I just found out I have to pay $355 million for business fraud' Trump's remarks at two campaign events that Russia can attack N.A.T.O. members that do not pay their bills, saying "From (Presidents) Truman on, they're all rolling over in their graves hearing this. As long as I'm President, America stands by our sacred commitment to our N.A.T.O. allies as they have stood by their commitments to us repeatedly."
In responding to questions from reporters after his comments, the President chastised Republicans for their inaction, saying it was "about time they (the House Republicans step up don't you think instead of going on a two-week vacation. TWO WEEKS! We're walking away. TWO WEEKS! What are they thinking? My God. This is bizarre. And it's just reinforcing all the concern and I won't say panic but real concern about the United States being a reliable ally. This is outrageous."
On whether Navalny's death helps motivate Republicans to vote for the Ukraine aid, Mr. Biden said:
"Well, I hope to god it helps. I mean, the idea that we need anything more to get the Ukraine aid...Come on. What are these guys doing?
In comments to reporters today (February 17, 2024,) the President continued to rail against Republican inaction, blaming them for Ukrainian military setbacks and retreats.
Saying he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he was confident the United States would be able to get him aid, Mr. Biden repeated many of the points he had made the day before, adding that it would "absurd" to "walk away" from Ukraine, calling House MAGA Republican inaction "unethical" and "contrary to everything we are as a country."
The President vowed to continue to fight to get Ukraine the military resources they need to continue fighting Russian Aggression.
The world can not give Vladimir Putin a pass on taking control of Ukraine and hoping for the best.
That sentiment did not work when Mussolini invaded Ethiopia.
It did not work when Hitler eviscerated the Versailles Treaty after the appeasers of Britain and France allowed him to reclaim German-speaking and other territories on the road to World War Two.
It did not work when the original America First Movement preached isolationism before Pearl Harbor.
Non-MAGA House Republicans need to act before history repeats itself again.
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