Senate Foreign Aid Vote to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, Highlights Republican Generational Gap

The Senate vote for the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan sailed through the Senate 70–29, but exposed a stark generational divide among Republicans.

While 22 Republicans voted with most Democrats to pass the measure, a larger number of 26 Republicans voted no. It would be easy to chalk this up to a hawk vs. noninterventionist divide, but that explanation doesn’t hold much water. The “nos” included the likes of Senators Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Lindsey Graham. All of them have been supportive of providing more assistance to Ukraine and Israel and to countering China. And none of them would have their foreign-policy views confused with those of Senator Rand Paul.

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The Senate vote for the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan sailed through the Senate 70–29, but exposed a stark generational divide among Republicans.

While 22 Republicans voted with most Democrats to pass the measure, a larger number of 26 Republicans voted no. It would be easy to chalk this up to a hawk vs. noninterventionist divide, but that explanation doesn’t hold much water. The “nos” included the likes of Senators Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Lindsey Graham. All of them have been supportive of providing more assistance to Ukraine and Israel and to countering China. And none of them would have their foreign-policy views confused with those of Senator Rand Paul.