Anytime McConnell wants to debate his Ukraine first policy with me in Kentucky—bring it on.
The absence of intervention is not GOP isolation, but rather a policy of informed neutrality.
Rand Paul
April 9, 2024
Mitch McConnell has pledged to fight “GOP isolationism” in the remainder of his career. I doubt that his self-appointed quest will improve his support among Kentucky voters. In fact, McConnell has the lowest approval rating of any federally elected official ever! A recent Monmouth University Poll showed McConnell with a 6% approval rating and a 60% disapproval rating. So, anytime he wants to debate his Ukraine first policy with me in Kentucky, bring it on.
One thing is for certain—Kentuckians know that McConnell is not fiscally conservative. In the past year, McConnell voted for Biden’s trillion-dollar infrastructure plan, Biden’s trillion-dollar spending bills, and nearly $200 billion for Ukraine. The total deficit from the Biden/McConnell spending spree will be $1.5-$2 trillion this year.
Borrowing money to ship it overseas is irresponsible
McConnell and the internationalists maintain that anyone who opposes the U.S. borrowing money to send it abroad is an “isolationist.” No, Mitch, that’s fiscal conservativism. No matter how noble the cause, borrowing money to ship it overseas is irresponsible.
During McConnell’s tenure as leader of the GOP caucus he’s voted for and cheered US military intervention in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and now Ukraine. McConnell, like McCain and other neocons, believes that anyone who opposes military or monetary foreign intervention is somehow an “isolationist.”
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