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Hortensis

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10. Interesting, Laura, and agree his claim does sound...attention-grabbingly dramatic.
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 01:06 PM
Dec 2022

With the Republican Party building its propaganda to support planned cuts in aid to Ukraine we need to keep a cool eye on claims like this from Republicans like Pataki, and Republican tilting media.

I looked for more info on this claim, but it's apparently too early.

For general information, I did find a Factcheck.org infromation piece from two days ago, after a critique by a different Republican, a congressman this time, of "Democrat" Ukraine spending.

U.S. Aid to Ukraine, Explained

...When asked whether Republicans would “make it more difficult” for Congress to approve Ukrainian aid, Rep. Mike Turner criticized the $40 billion package enacted in May, saying: “We don’t need to pass $40 billion large Democrat bills … to send $8 billion to Ukraine.” ... ( )

https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/u-s-aid-to-ukraine-explained/

Buckle up on this one. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
"Someone from Farce News told me to say this - said they'd make me relevant again" peppertree Dec 2022 #1
He is a Republican. DURHAM D Dec 2022 #2
Why in the world would anyone who has dedicated so much time Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2022 #4
And he and his group have traveled all over the country. 2naSalit Dec 2022 #3
??? He said they've been to most every part. So to me there's got to be some truth Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2022 #6
My and SOs charity got 3 tons mcar Dec 2022 #5
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Dec 2022 #9
Is he talking about direct US government aid or US-based NGOs? Ocelot II Dec 2022 #7
It wasn't an expose! It was a comment he made that they were all Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2022 #19
Ask the Ukrainians. Sneederbunk Dec 2022 #8
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 onecaliberal Dec 2022 #11
Interesting, Laura, and agree his claim does sound...attention-grabbingly dramatic. Hortensis Dec 2022 #10
Link didn't work for me nt spooky3 Dec 2022 #15
Just did here, maybe came back up? Here's a link to Factcheck.org's Hortensis Dec 2022 #17
Humanitarian aid is sent and distributed by NGO's Bev54 Dec 2022 #12
Jose Andres and his group have spent lots of time spooky3 Dec 2022 #14
Can't speak to aid such as bags of rice but my wife's company has Ukrainian consultants dutch777 Dec 2022 #13
He's full of shit. Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #16
I'm reminded, Putin DESPERATELY needed a Republican takeover of congress Hortensis Dec 2022 #18
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