For eight years now, Democrats have bemoaned interference in American elections. The national security apparatus of the United States has been warning about influence campaigns. The media has done so as well. Editorials and anchors have decried Russian interference.
They are all strangely silent over the latest foreign interference in our elections.
That would be President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, on the American taxpayer’s dime, going to — surprise, surprise — highly contested Pennsylvania to thank munitions manufacturing employees.
In an interview, he also attacked Republican Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance as “too radical.”
Look, I get to call Vance a radical and bad on economic views as a protectionist, but Zelenskyy is a foreign leader who should shut his American welfare subsidized whore mouth.
I’m a staunch supporter of funding Ukraine and supporting Zelenskyy. But Zelenskyy risks everything by doing this and the Biden Administration was deeply foolish for putting Zelenskyy in that position. Undoubtedly, Zelenskyy thinks he has nothing to lose because he presumed, based on American press biases, that Trump would shut down all funding for Ukraine immediately.
That actually grossly misstates Trump’s position. Trump actually was much firmer against Russia than Barack Obama was, but you’d never know it from most press reports. Trump’s sanctions on Russians were more aggressive and he was more willing to deport Russian government related officials than Obama.
But now? After Zelenskyy goes to a swing state to attack Trump’s vice presidential candidate, he better really pray Kamala Harris wins.
It was political, policy, and presidential malpractice for Biden to let Zelenskyy go down that road. Biden has compromised support for Ukraine by tying it directly to a partisan presidential election.
And notice just how approving so much of the press corps and Democrats are who regularly wail about election interference in the United States. They seem to be just fine with it if it helps Democrats.
So please do not be surprised when more Republicans turn against Ukraine and fewer care about the very real issue of electoral interference by foreign governments. It looks like the Democrats and much of the press really don’t care so long as it helps the left or, at least, hurts Donald Trump.
This was disgusting and deep down many of you who deny it actually know it was. Bad precedents just keep being set.
