Republicans Launch Campaign for Continued Ukraine Support; New GOP Group Launches Campaign To Encourage Continued Support For Ukraine

Republicans launch campaign for continued Ukraine support:

A Trump-critical Republican nonprofit launched a campaign Tuesday calling on GOP lawmakers to maintain support for Ukraine amid growing resistance to additional aid packages from key factions of the party.

“Republicans for Ukraine,” launched Tuesday by the nonprofit Defending Democracy Together, is a $2 million campaign with first-person testimonials from GOP voters urging politicians and lawmakers to support Ukraine.

The ads will run on cable, network TV and YouTube through the end of the year.

Defending Democracy Together describes itself as an “advocacy organization created by lifelong conservatives and Republicans.” The group has spoken out against former President Trump and in support of voting rights, and it’s led by Bill Kristol and Sarah Longwell.

The campaign plans to focus on the Republican debate in Wisconsin on Aug. 23 — running ads on 10 billboards in Milwaukee and on Fox News during the debate.

“Too many of the party’s leaders seem to think there’s no penalty to be paid for standing against Ukrainian democracy and America’s role in supporting the fight for freedom,” Gunner Ramer, the national spokesperson for the campaign, said in a press release. —>READ MORE HERE

New GOP Group Launches Campaign To Encourage Continued Support For Ukraine

Republicans launched an organization Tuesday to advocate for continued financial support of Ukraine in the war against Russian aggression, according to a press release.

GOP Strategist Sarah Longwell and commentator Bill Kristol will head Republicans for Ukraine, which unveiled its $2 million campaign to encourage party voters and politicians to stand with the nation, according to the press release. The organization will run digital ads of Republican voters’ testimony about why they believe the party should continue providing aid to Ukraine on cable, television and YouTube throughout the remainder of 2023.

“Too many of the party’s leaders seem to think there’s no penalty to be paid for standing against Ukrainian democracy and America’s role in supporting the fight for freedom,” Gunner Ramer, national spokesman for the group, said in a statement. “We’re here to remind them that there are a lot of Republicans across the country who stand with Ukraine.”

President Joe Biden’s administration asked Congress on Aug. 10 for $24 billion in supplementary funding to continue supporting Ukrainian defense against Russia with financial aid and weapons. —>READ MORE HERE

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