As the war continues and the budget bottoms out, the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States have been arguing and fighting over additional funding for Ukraine in recent months. At the same time, opposition to providing support to Ukraine is growing in the United States.
On the 13th, the U.S. Senate passed a so-called foreign aid bill totaling $95.3 billion, of which about $60 billion was for Ukraine.
U.S. Democrat** Biden:For congressional Republicans who think they can oppose funding for Ukraine without being held accountable, history is watching them.
Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky:Everything is not good for the United States, everything is good for Ukraine, this bill is like that.
After the Democratic-controlled Senate voted through, the bill has been "stuck" in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin:Our country is in a serious **.
The opposition to "aid to Ukraine" in the United States has intensified
It is worth mentioning that in the past two years of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the voice of the American people against providing support to Ukraine has been rising.
According to a Pew Research Center poll released in December last year, multiple polls from March 2022 to December 2023 showed that the proportion of Americans surveyed who believed that "the United States has provided too much aid to Ukraine" has risen from 7% to 31%. Among them, the proportion of Republican and pro-Republican respondents who hold this view has soared from 9% to 48%.
American self-** program guest, actor Vincent:It's incredible, the timing of them (the Senate) passing this bill is fantastic, we are all sleeping, and then they closed the door and quietly closed the deal. As soon as we woke up, we heard the astronomical figure of $95 billion. They (American politicians) don't care at all (ordinary Americans). It's our money, we're working hard every day, everybody, all blue-collar workers, are working hard to make ends meet, and yet our taxpayers' money is spent on this kind of thing, and we don't have a say in that.
Some American netizens said that the United States is in a mess, but American politicians continue to provide large amounts of military aid to foreign countries, which disregards the well-being of the people.
Netizen comments:We could have tackled homelessness, reformed the education system, repaired infrastructure, but we didn't. Instead, we are providing financial support for Ukraine. Unbelievable.
Some netizens mentioned the Ohio train derailment accident and the Maui wildfire tragedy that occurred last year.
Netizen comments:Aid to Ohio and Maui in **?
Netizen comments:It's crazy that Hawaii has been forgotten so quickly.
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