Politics & Policy

I want to revisit a poll I briefly mentioned in yesterday’s report regarding additional funding for Ukraine.

As you know, I have argued repeatedly that if we’re going to do another round of funding for Ukraine, which is in a war they cannot possibly win, Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer should pay a price. They should meet the Republican House majority halfway.

Specifically, I believe there should not be one more dollar to secure the borders of Ukraine without additional dollars to secure America’s borders. And the wording must make it impossible for Biden to use the funds for anything other than border security, wall construction, and law enforcement.

Biden is adamantly against this. Congressional Democrats are adamantly against this. Elements of the GOP establishment are against it. But it is the right thing to do and it would be a huge victory to include a serious border security provision in the bill.

If Joe Biden and the Democrats are willing to go to the mat and insist that not one penny is spent to secure the border, Speaker Mike Johnson and the House GOP majority should say, “Be our guest. Veto the bill.”

You will have taken the one issue where Joe Biden is most vulnerable and put it front and center in the middle of the national debate. This is Politics 101. More importantly, it is the right public policy.

The Heritage Foundation recently polled swing state voters and asked how they feel about legislation that sends billions of dollars to Ukraine but does not include one dollar to secure the border. An overwhelming majority -- 75% -- opposed such legislation.

Yet that is what Mitch McConnell and the GOP establishment are going to the mat over. They are forcing Speaker Johnson to bring up a bill with more money for Ukraine and no money for the border.

There is nothing else the GOP will vote on the rest of the year where they will be in a stronger position. But they won’t do it.

Yes, Joe Biden opposes it. Yes, the Democrats oppose it. Yes, the media opposes it. Even Fox News and the Wall Street Journal are against it. Yes, the Swamp is against it.

It’s only got one thing going for it – the American people. Remember them? The taxpayers? The voters?