Over at the American Conservative, Senator J. D. Vance details how the funding-compromise bill on the border and Ukraine went so badly. Namely, he argues that Republicans never really took their own side of the debate, as the elected Republicans in charge want Ukraine funding more than they want to secure the border itself. Originally, the idea behind the compromise was that funding for Ukraine would only be released and disbursed as Joe Biden provably secured the border:
As we know, the border bill that came out was incredibly weak. The money disbursed for Ukraine had no connection to outcomes at the border. Any useful powers it granted the Biden administration to get control of the border were actually set to expire by the time Donald Trump got in office or Biden won a second term.
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