"A day after Russia invaded Ukraine, conservatives...sounded more like the anti-war wing of the Democratic Party and a lot less like party neocons of the past..."
National Review and The Bulwark, crying, gasping for breath, begging you to listen to them
washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/…
National Review and The Bulwark, crying, gasping for breath, begging you to listen to them
washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/…
“I used to be a staunch defender of our overseas allies and any attack on them was an attack on us,” said Walt Davis, who traveled to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference from Ohio. “But we can’t do that anymore. We’re exhausted.”
“I don’t want to see our military involved,” said Candice Vega, of South Carolina. “I don’t think this would have happened if Trump was in office. I think we have some really shady dealings going on in Ukraine and I don’t want to see any of our troops in the midst of all that.”
"Republican lawmakers, aware of their war-weary base, have avoided advocating a significant increase in U.S. military involvement."
Good reporting by @WashTimes here. It shows that really the *base* has changed rather than the party, and it is that change in the base that is restraining Republicans from being outright hawks as is their tendency
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