"It's just shocking. I've never seen anything like it," the president said Monday.

“It’s just shocking. I’ve never seen anything like it,” the president said Monday.

President Joe Biden called the behavior of House Republicans “shocking” on Monday for “walking away from the threat of Russia” for not passing aid for Ukraine.

“The way they’re walking away from the threat of Russia, the way they’re walking away from NATO, the way they’re walking away from meeting our obligations. It’s just shocking. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Biden said in remarks to reporters on the White House lawn.

Biden’s frustrations with House Republicans have increased after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died Friday in prison.

The president urged House Republicans to pass aid for Ukraine on Friday, saying, “It’s about time they step up, don’t you think,” instead of going on an extended recess, which he called a “two-week vacation.”

  • Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world
    1072·
    9 个月前

    Silly Biden. Republicans aren’t walking away from the threat of Russia. Republicans are all Russian assets, they’re welcoming Putin with open arms.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      402·
      9 个月前

      Yeah, “walking away from” is a weird turn of phrase.

      And he needs to come right out and say the truth. Just like I think he and all of his surrogates need to start saying right out that Trump is committed treason, that he is a rapist, and that he wants to be a dictator. Hammer those points into voters. “If you vote for Trump, you are voting for a rapist.” And bring the receipts because there are receipts.

      But instead they do this milquetoast shit.

      Look, I would rather have virtually anyone on the left other than Biden, but it looks like we’re stuck with Biden. Now we need to convince the campaign to stop this shit and put their big boy pants on.

      • Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world
        241·
        9 个月前

        Absolutely blows my mind how milquetoast this statement from Biden is. Like, we’re at the precipice of authoritarianism and only months away from what could very well be our last free and fair election, and this is the best the democrats can do?

        “I’ve never seen anything like it.” Says Biden.

        Yes, yes you have Biden, we fought wars over this same thing. It’s taught in history class.

        How is it possible that we all know where this is headed and our politicians and media are still acting surprised?

        • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.eeEnglish
          71·
          9 个月前

          when you’re a democratic politician every election year either you win or your stock portfolio does. they have absolutely no skin in the game, no one is taking their rights, no one is holding rallies to deport them or have them all declared child molesters. it’s a game to them. it has been since forever, and it was never more evident than when Hillary Clinton gambled with our prosperity and lost by elevating Donald Trump thinking that she could use the threat of his presidency to motivate democratic voters without having to actually give us anything.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          6·
          9 个月前

          The worst thing he can do is act like a kindly old grandpa. So that’s exactly what he does.

          Meanwhile, Trump says things like “this motherfucker…”

      • TunaCowboy@lemmy.world
        96·
        9 个月前

        anyone on the left other than Biden

        Biden’s not on the left, democrats are not the left.

        They’ve worked hard to maintain the oligarchic status quo furthering the corruption and rot that have led to the current populist/fascist movements.

  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
    481·
    9 个月前

    GOP in 2016. We need Trump because Putin isn’t afraid of Hillary

    GOP in 2024. We need Putin because we are afraid of Greta.

    • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
      31·
      8 个月前

      Hey question, what are the Republicans proposing to solve that issue? I’ll wait.

    • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
      392·
      9 个月前

      When we met our obligations they won the logistical war in Crimea and forced Putin to resort to terror bombing civilian targets in central Ukraine. Victory for Ukraine now means the destruction of the Russian state. Russia made it existential so of course the odds are long.

    • dwalin@lemmy.world
      131·
      9 个月前

      Does it matter? Its their right to fight, and in our duty/interest to help

        • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          91·
          9 个月前

          Duty to defend an avowed ally? Interest because Ukraine is the only country standing in the way of Russia and NATO Art. 5.

          Disagree all you want. You’re wrong.

        • SupraMario@lemmy.world
          102·
          9 个月前

          So they’re not allowed to defend themselves against russia? Lol the fuck are you smoking…

            • harmsy@lemmy.world
              123·
              9 个月前

              If we just let Russia steamroll through and take bites out of Europe with impunity, it’s going to be World War Three. Putin won’t stop with just Ukraine. He’ll try to take everything he thinks he can get.

              • some_random_nick@lemmy.world
                1·
                8 个月前

                An honest question - why would he want Europe? The assumptions for why he attacked Ukraine were because of some huge natural gas reserves that were discovered and because the pipeline from Russia to Europe goes thru Ukraine and they are forced to pay transit fees or something like that. The rest of Europe is all Nato and they can legaly attack them from all sides. Wouldn’t the decision to open a new front be like the most retarded thing to do?

                • harmsy@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  8 个月前

                  Some of the countries that he’s on the record about wanting are part of NATO and/or the EU. If he tries to take them, it doesn’t matter how much of Europe he actually wants to mess with. All of Europe will get involved.