The White House will meet with congressional leadership as a top Republican is requesting President Biden declassify information on a "serious national security threat"
If anything this undercuts them opposing Ukraine aid. Russia is trying to escalate, so they clearly need to be shut down, and we conveniently have an Ally working to do that right now, an Ally that has a pending aid bill before that very chamber.
This might be the Republican plan. Russia breaking the “no nukes in space” rule, so now it’s okay to back Ukraine again. They don’t lose face, satisfy the large chunk of constituents that support what Ukraine is doing, and make their military donors happy.
If anything this undercuts them opposing Ukraine aid. Russia is trying to escalate, so they clearly need to be shut down, and we conveniently have an Ally working to do that right now, an Ally that has a pending aid bill before that very chamber.
This might be the Republican plan. Russia breaking the “no nukes in space” rule, so now it’s okay to back Ukraine again. They don’t lose face, satisfy the large chunk of constituents that support what Ukraine is doing, and make their military donors happy.