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Doyle McManus: Bipartisanship on Ukraine was nice while it lasted

Kevin McCarthy leaves after a news conference at the East Steps of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 29, 2022, in Washington, D.C..

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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