• bbigras@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Aren’t they usually pro war? Isn’t that aid helping the military industrial complex?

    • another_lemming@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I am from this vodka state so I may be biased, but as I see it, some republicans don’t really care about this issue and pick that position only to be contrarian and farm votes on ‘anything against dems’-train. They aren’t clever, really. Russia does benefit from it and probably encourage that with it’s money, but for republicans it’s not about Ukraine, Russia or anything, it’s about owning the dems and getting into the office. And some of them probe even this edgy position.

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      1 year ago

      They are, that’s why the majority of them are in favor of it. However the individual official might get more Russian money than corporate sponsorship and flip their vote to go against the larger group. Also, kompromat can be even more impactful than bribery.