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No need to wig out he’s going toupé for it eventually.
Republicans don't want a strong America. Republicans don't believe in America. Republicans don't believe in defending freedom. Republicans are weak on national defense.
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This is where the party is truly split. There are are still old school Republican hawks that would spend lavishly on defense. Then their is another group, let’s call them Russian assets, whose job is to weaken NATO and alienate American Allies under the guise of fiscal responsibility. >

Bingo >

...targeted defense cuts in US support for Ukraine.  Anything to help Putin. >

Oh, the libs will be so owned when the defense budget goes down. How will we ever afford our woke tanks? /s >

There have been many things you voted in favor of or against that I find difficult to understand. The voting rights bill is one. Every American should have easy access to voting. >

They want to Defund the military.  They are so soft on national defense. >

I am going to need a new supply of popcorn for this and the myriad of other self owning the GOP has hoisted upon itself. >

The GOP played itself it seems.

Less than two weeks after cementing another major increase to the Pentagon budget, lawmakers are now talking about going the opposite direction — and are even raising the specter of across-the-board cuts that rocked the establishment just over a decade ago.
An emerging deal between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and conservatives who initially opposed his bid for the gavel looks to exact deep spending cuts. This comes amid a looming partisan fight over the debt limit, compounding fears that overall spending is poised for a return to automatic reductions known as sequestration.

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Texas Republican Tony Gonzales plans to oppose the rules package in part because of his concerns about national security spending.
“This has a proposed billions of dollar cut to defense, which I think is a horrible idea when you have [an] aggressive Russia in Ukraine, you have a growing threat of China in the Pacific,” Gonzales said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “How am I going to look at our allies in the eye and say, ‘I need you to increase your defense budget,’ but yet America is going to decrease ours?”
Defense hawks are eyeing another real increase this year of up to 5 percent to meet threats posed by Russia and China and to mitigate high inflation. And supporters of increased defense spending are now warning up front that they outnumber the budget hardliners in the GOP conference.

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"[D]uring negotiations, cuts to defense were NEVER DISCUSSED,” Roy’s office wrote on Twitter. “In fact, there was broad agreement spending cuts should focus on NON-DEFENSE discretionary spending. This means cutting funding for the woke & weaponized bureaucrats that received massive increases under the $1.7 trillion omnibus.”

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Our defense budget is bloated, not because of “work policies,” but due to defense contractors buying off congress. We also spend more on our military than the next 15 or so countries combined. I would support a 10-20% cut to the defense budget if the money saved could go towards social programs, such as free college or paid family leave. >

Ya. That’s not where it’s going. Those will also be cut. >

There was a time in this country (ending when trump came down the escalator) when republicans were for decreased spending overall but more spending on the military.  When they carried pocketbook versions of the constitution in their pockets.  When they willingly exported democracy and praised it for the entire world to see.
Obviously that time is gone.  Now they want to decrease military spending and overall spending.  It's now almost like spending a single dollar is a sin unless it is spent on the culture wars or the Christian movement.  That pocket version of the constitution has been replaced with a pocket version of Karl Marx thoughts.  And they now export dictatorships as the preferred from of government in the world (Brazil being the latest case).
They will rule for the next two years in a slobbering sort of fashion that concentrates on degrading our form of government, attacking our institutions (DOJ, FBI, and IRS come to mind), and sowing as much discontent as possible for our way of American life. >


When they willingly exported democracy and praised it for the entire world to see.

We have never exported democracy though.
We have murdered tens of thousands of innocent people and propped up controllable political assets quite a few times though >

Never thought I’d see the self-immolation of the GOP on its own brand .. anti-defense, anti-law enforcement, etc.. >

I fear they will try to cut US military aid to Ukraine. >

I think the seditious end of the house had that in mind in the negotiations.  They haven't been exactly silent about not supporting Ukraine. >

Libs -> defund the police. 
GOP -> defund everything beneficial to our constituents.