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U.S. Senate defeats bid to curtail benefits for Afghan refugees
Senate narrowly turns back GOP Sen. Tom Cotton amendment to curtail assistance to Afghan refugees
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underpants
(182,626 posts)Benghazi multiplied by 10: Afghanistan becomes rallying cry for Republicans
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/30/afghanistan-withdrawal-pentagon-republicans-514779
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,943 posts)They showed their true colors and feelings about the Afghan refugees with this vote.
underpants
(182,626 posts)Its all they hear.
niyad
(113,074 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)To give them all an unopposed chance to clear the air and explain how they really are not engaging in pure skullduggery in this whole matter.
KS Toronado
(17,155 posts)in the midterms. They keep proving they're not really pro life, let 'em be homeless & hungry they say.
They bitch about not bringing more out of the country, now bitch that they're here.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)I fucking hate them.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)KS Toronado
(17,155 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,729 posts)RainCaster
(10,842 posts)Such simple-minded dolts. Like the world wouldn't notice how quick these people drop a torch. It only appeals to "the base", who also has no attention span. Of course, the engaged rich who are funding these bigots can think for the long game. They see through the bullshit being strewn by the GOP, but they don't care as long as they keep getting their tax breaks and no government oversight.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)that Biden might get a win for ending America's longest war that they were more than happy to throw our translators and other helpers under the bus to be murdered by Taliban.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)trying to score brownie points .
PatrickforB
(14,559 posts)were against this aid is the same answer for why Stephen Miller and the rest of the Kluxers in the Trump administration made it so the plan to get those out who helped us didn't work -
Racism. Plain, ugly, crappy, disgusting, despicable racism. They don't want brown-skinned Muslims coming here, even if they were our allies in a forever war, and we promised them we would help them.