The GOP has been softening its stance on Russia ever since Trump won the 2016 election following Russian hacking of his Democratic opponents.
Now the GOP's ambivalence on Russia has stalled additional aid to Ukraine at a pivotal time in the war.
Things are changing just not fast enough.”Those who oppose additional Ukraine aid bristle at charges that they are doing Putin's handiwork.
Even before Trump, Republican voters were signaling discontent with overseas conflicts, said Douglas Kriner, a political scientist at Cornell University.
Skeptics of Ukraine aid argue the war has already decimated the Russian military and that Putin won't be able to target other European countries.
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