Sure is, but slightly less so than holding up the debt ceiling and forcing the country into default.
Sadly, I think this is true. If it would leave a black mark on Biden, the nuttier types will want to do that. If it is opposite what the majority of Democrats want, they will be for it.
It does give me some hope, tho, that there are still some in the GOP that will support Ukraine. So, while there is likely more risk than now for continued support for Ukraine, I am hopeful our support will remain intact as long as needed.
Unfortunately the house GOP is already saying they’re going to hold the debt ceiling hostage if they take the majority:
So, as I said above, they could withhold all spending on Ukraine if they kept their coalition together, because it would be better for the US, and likely the world, to stop spending money on Ukraine than letting the US default on its debt.
So Russia has a very large vested interest in a Republican victory November 8. Does Putin have any funds available to fund right wing PACs or are all of Russia’s assets frozen? Would the Iranians or Chinese chip in on Russia’s behalf?
Already at least one of the Nihilistic True Believers, MTG, has called for “investigations” in a GOP-controlled House of those corporate entities who pulled back their funding of Republicans (and mind you: she has blown away everyone at fundraising). And down in Florida RDS has been using the state powers to “punish” those corporations that dare oppose his social policies by going after their special tax privileges. The neofascists are looking forward to being able to use the power of the state to extort the Establishment corporate “masters”.