(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Anna Luna's Ukraine Aid Cut Failed: Now She'll Shutter the Government While Putin Dances [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-09-22 by John Liccione, Democratic Candidate for US Congress in FL’s 13th District Anna Luna and Matt Gaetz’s 1st Ukraine aid cut move in Congress failed. Now they’re going to shut down the government and achieve the same end on behalf of Putin — and, something much, much worse for their constituents here in Florida. With this latest Putin-enabling government shut down insurgency led by Putin duck-puppets Anna Luna and Matt Gaetz et al in the so-called “Freedom Caucus,” Luna is going to achieve by other means that which she’s been unable to with her Ukraine Fatigue Resolution (HR-113) and her lies about Zelenskyy and F-35s: The denial of military and financial aid to Ukraine and an eventual Russian victory on the battlefield. And what is most ominous, their insurgency is gaining momentum as they’ve begun flipping enough of their bumbling GOP brethren over to Putin’s cause, enough to make a difference in upcoming votes funding the DOD and Ukrainian aid. It’s time to call them out and explore their possible true motivations. Let’s stop the Putin mission-creep in Congress. Anna Luna Supports Bearing Arms, Just None for Ukraine I’ve been watching Luna and Gaetz’ histrionics in Congress this week as the House tries to pass the defense spending authorization bill, which authorizes more Ukraine aid as they ramp up their counteroffensive. Can you imagine if Kevin McCarthy gets yanked as speaker and Matt Gaetz or Jim Jordan are installed as speaker? O.M.G. The key question to ask here however is: Who in all of the world reaps the most benefit from a US government shutdown at this precise moment in human history? The answer is not Donald Trump. It’s Vladimir Putin. Putin failed to defang Ukraine through his Freedom Caucus duck-puppets who have been quacking his deny-Ukraine-aid agenda into the US Congress on his behalf since February. This latest shutdown attack by Luna-Gaetz et al is an attack on America’s ability to function, and an attack on the continued funding to Ukraine, under the color of law. If they’re successful, Putin will be clapping his hands with glee as the weapons supply chain to Ukraine will decrease when they need it most…there is no respite for Ukraine. Putin’s missiles and drones continue to rain down on the Ukrainian people. We should be DOUBLING DOWN on the military aid supply chain and get them the Abrams Tanks, ATACMS, and the F-16s ASAP. Tommy Tuberville is bad enough with his DOD blackmail stunt holding up generals’ senate confirmation hearings unless they capitulate to his abortion restrictions for American servicewomen. This shutdown attack by Luna and her fellow Putin quislings is on another level entirely. It is said that you can tell a lot about who a person really is by who they choose as their enemies, and friends. Luna has chosen to behave as would an enemy of Ukraine in her public actions and speech, as has Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Lauren Boebert, et al. They’re acting as if they consider Putin a friend worthy of their time and energy in Congress: That, above all other things they could be doing for their constituents here in Florida, Georgia, and Colorado. By shutting down the government, they will not only shut off the military lifeline to Ukraine potentially bringing Ukraine’s counteroffensive to a screeching halt, they also will bring to a screeching halt all federal funding and government services for their constituents here in Florida. Social security office in St. Pete? Closed. FBI Tampa field office? It’s a Putin windfall, yes, but ultimately it will hit us all right here where we live, breath, drive, swim, fly, and raise our children. John Liccione is a Candidate for US Congress in Florida’s 13th Congressional District Where he is the only declared Democratic Candidate running against Anna Luna in 2024. VoteLiccione.org He is also Founder and CEO of RussiLeaks, an online media company solely focused on exposing Putin’s secrets and those of his agents on American soil. He is also the Founder and CEO of Leaks Media, a start-up media company whose mission is “Exposing the Secrets of the Enemies of Democracy.” [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/22/2194920/-Anna-Luna-s-Ukraine-Aid-Cut-Failed-Now-She-ll-Shutter-the-Government-While-Putin-Claps Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/