You Don't Need To Be A Senator To Oppose More Ukraine Funding

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You Don't Need To Be A Senator To Oppose More Ukraine Funding
John Daniel Davidson
6–7 minutes

Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina apparently thinks you have to be a “well-briefed U.S. senator” to understand the nuances of the Ukraine war, and that ordinary voters are simply too ignorant to have an opinion on the matter.

“Our base cannot possibly know what’s at stake at the level that any well-briefed U.S. senator should know about what’s at stake if Putin wins,” Tillis said on Monday, according to Punchbowl News. He then blasted fellow Republicans who “are being driven just by the perceptions of their base” and “need to grow a spine” and get behind sending another $60 billion to Ukraine.

It’s hard to imagine a sentiment more contemptuous of the average voter than these sneering comments from Tillis. Only senators with special knowledge, in his telling, are competent to judge the war in Ukraine and understand the stakes.

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[Maj. Bill Martin]

Yeah, that sounds pretty arrogant, and was a stupid way to phrase it even if true.  I'd imagine he's referring to classified information that isn't available to the general public, which would be a legitimate point if true.  But by not mentioning that the relevant information is classified, it just sounds elitist as hell.