Doyle McManus: Bipartisanship on Ukraine was nice while it lasted
by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Oct 31, 2022
3 minutes
Over the eight months since Russia invaded Ukraine, public support for U.S. military aid to Kyiv has been remarkably solid and mostly bipartisan.
A large majority of Americans (73% in a Reuters/Ipsos survey this month) favor continued help for Ukraine, and Congress, with support from both parties, has approved more than $65 billion in aid.
But cracks in the consensus have begun to appear, and the divided government that’s likely after the midterm elections will almost surely worsen them.
A growing faction
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