Republican politicos regularly demonstrate why they don’t deserve to be reelected — and Congress’s recent decision to ship more U.S. taxpayer dollars overseas while American priorities fall through the cracks is just another example.
On Saturday, the GOP-controlled House passed measures totaling $95 billion in foreign spending to (mostly) Ukraine, Israel (and Hamas-controlled Gaza), and Taiwan. Spearheaded by Speaker Mike Johnson, none of the approved packages included provisions that stop President Joe Biden’s manufactured border invasion.
Johnson wasted no time in fast-tracking the measures to the House floor for consideration, ignoring objections from the House Freedom Caucus and breaking his previous promises to secure the U.S.-Mexico border before considering foreign spending bills. Proclaiming himself to be a “wartime speaker,” the Louisiana…
