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[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 19 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The true believers REALLY don’t want American intervention and the “old guard” have already pushed back against supporting Russia multiple times.

They’re feckless but they’re not of the same mind on this.

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 3 points 5 hours ago

Except the old guard is literally being purged out of agencies right now and is almost completely gone from the national political scene. McCain is dead with trump dancing on his grave, Romney is out after voting to convict trump during the 2021 impeachment. McConnell is retired, but literally spent the last decade trying to get trump elected and give him complete control over the courts (and tried to hand the courts to partisan unqualified judges for 30 years) All of the other "old guard" have bent the knee or left.

[-] EldritchFeminity 12 points 12 hours ago

But they'll also toe the party line, no matter what that line is or who's drawing it. I've known enough "I'm a Republican. I vote for the nominee" conservatives in my life to know that.

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

You can actually look at how Russia/Ukraine has been handled and see that that is factually incorrect. Look at the votes. Senate Republicans in particular have had no problem voting to send aid

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