'Why do they hate America?' Analysts slam new Republican party’s 'fealty to Donald Trump'
25 February 2024
As former President Donald Trump and allies continue to rage against the idea of the United States providing any aid to Ukraine in their fight against Vladimir Putin's Russia, Morning Joe hosts and analysts on Sunday argued that most Americans do not agree with the "new Republican party's" stance.
"Americans believe it is important to help Ukraine in this fight. They do not want to see Russia win," co-host Willie Geist noted, emphasizing that GOP leaders refusing to back a Ukrainian aid bill "are digging deeper, and deeper in fealty to Donald Trump in positions that are not popular in this country."
MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle said, "yes, partially by people like [US Senator] Lindsey Graham (R-SC). A sad, spineless figure, that we thought we knew but we do not really know." Barnicle then emphasized that unlike Republican leaders voting against foreign aid packages, Americans "believe in this country."
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Barnicle then pointed to what the MAGA hopeful said during a South Carolina town hall earlier this week. "We have a country that is dying, we have a country that is failing, a failing nation. A nation in decline. We are a nation in decline," Trump said. The MSNBC contributor added, "My question is, to the people out there watching, to the people who go to work every day, raise their children, pay their taxes, why is it that this new Republican party, so many of them — people like Donald Trump, people like Lindsey Graham — why do they hate America?"
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough replied, "It's great question, and it is one I have been asking for sometime. Why do they hate America? Why does Donald trump hate America? why does Donald Trump — why does he lie about America. Why does he always lie about America, and tear down America, he says we are a nation in decline? Please. Please. Try telling that to our allies, they will laugh, like a bitter laugh."
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