She isn’t on the Republicans for Ukraine report card because (duh!) she isn’t a Republican, but the only criteria that would get her mildly dinged there would be that she didn’t sign Discharge Petition 9 or 10. Republicans with identical records as Omar get an A - Excellent rating.
If I were in MN-5 voting singularly pro-Ukraine, there’s little for Samuels to genuinely improve upon, and the pretense that he could suggests disingenuousness on the issue I wouldn’t consider preferable.
She isn’t on the Republicans for Ukraine report card because (duh!) she isn’t a Republican, but the only criteria that would get her mildly dinged there would be that she didn’t sign Discharge Petition 9 or 10. Republicans with identical records as Omar get an A - Excellent rating.
Early into the 2022 invasion, she was among fifteen Progressive Democrats to vote against the Consolidated Appropriations Act, receiving some press attention on that. Around the same time, she voted against the Asset Seizure for Ukraine Reconstruction Act, criticizing it as a symbolic gesture substituted for practical assistance. Neither count on the above report card, but are examples Samuels might cite to impugn her record.
If I were in MN-5 voting singularly pro-Ukraine, there’s little for Samuels to genuinely improve upon, and the pretense that he could suggests disingenuousness on the issue I wouldn’t consider preferable.