Almost all Democrats voted against the Department of Defense funding bill after Republicans attached provisions attacking trans people and abortion access.
“It’s not ideal. I always support the NDAA,”Thursday night, before the bill’s final passage. “It sucks, but I have to make a decision. That’s what I am weighing. I have to figure it out. Republicans are making the NDAA a culture war bill, but at the same time I’ve always voted for pay raises so this is a challenge.”
The quote is telling in that the Democrat, who may or may not have voted for the bill in the end, apparently takes more umbrage with Republicans’ “culture war” than with the wars that the U.S. is funding across the world and domestically. In this Democrat’s eyes, spendingon defense each year than the next 10 countries combined is essential — only Republican maneuvering could give them pause.
To be sure, the amendments will cause harm, especially to the most marginalized groups that are already under severe attack. But the same could be said about the defense spending that many Democrats are so eager to support. Indeed, in House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s criticism of the bill, he condemned Republicans for putting the “must-pass” bill at risk.
“It is woefully irresponsible that extreme MAGA Republicans have hijacked a bipartisan bill that is essential to our national security, and taken it over and weaponized it in order to
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