McConnell Negotiating against Republicans

This video is embarrassing to watch:

McConnell begins by bragging that the omnibus spending deal includes military-budget increases, without the domestic spending increases that Democrats normally demand. He then specifies that these increases are about matching America’s foes — China and Russia — and increasing assistance to Ukraine, which he then describes as America’s and Republicans’ top priority. He mentions no domestic priorities at all.

Republican support for Ukraine has been slipping all year, and much faster than Democratic support:

Overall support for Ukraine is showing its limits. From The Hill:

What these poll results show is that Mitch McConnell is bragging about Republicans negotiating for the priorities among Democratic voters and politicians. He is trapped in a mindset that Republicans are always more hawkish than Democrats. But on Ukraine, it just isn’t true.

There is no world in which Ukraine is the number one priority of Republicans. There is no world in which the risks and costs of taking on Ukraine as a permanent financial and security dependent is worth risking a major war with Russia over the Sevastopol naval base, or over who controls the Donbas.