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    Jackie Calmes: Republicans' blocking aid to Ukraine is next-level cynicism

    by Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times Dec 09, 2023 3 minutes
    President Joe Biden walks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy through the colonnade of the White House, in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 21, 2022.

    Only five months ago, President Joe Biden promised at a NATO summit that the United States and its allies would help defend Ukraine against Russia's wanton aggression for "as long as it takes." Just after Vladimir Putin's invasion, and amid his soldiers' ongoing war crimes, former Vice President Mike Pence promised a roomful of Republican donors, "There is no room in this party for apologists for Putin."

    Promises made, promises broken.

    Neither Biden nor Pence figured on the inconstancy and political cynicism of Republicans in Congress. And now the party —

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