Weekly Patriots Roundup: GOP Civil War

After the GOP’s border deal debacle earlier in February, several top Republican senators, including Mike Lee of Utah and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, exclusively told the Daily Caller that Mitch McConnell and his pro-Ukraine allies completely dropped the ball in securing a border deal for Americans. Read on to find out more! After the GOP’s border deal debacle earlier in February, [several top Republican senators]( including Mike Lee of Utah and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, exclusively told the Daily Caller that Mitch McConnell and his pro-Ukraine allies completely dropped the ball in securing a border deal for Americans. [Read on to find out more]( In This Week's Newsletter ... - Real Big News: GOP Civil War deepens - Hot Off The Press: Anyone seen Joe? - For The Record: NYT makes shocking admission Everything we do is made possible by our faithful subscribers. If you love reading the Daily Caller, [please consider joining us today.]( [JOIN US!]( REAL BIG NEWS GOP CIVIL WAR DEEPENS AFTER MITCH THROWS VOTERS ‘UNDER THE BUS’ The Daily Caller’s Henry Rodgers [dropped a massive report]( Tuesday which details how Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted to spend billions of dollars on Ukraine without reaching a comprehensive deal to bolster security on the southern border. From the report: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and pro-Ukraine hawks within his conference gave away their leverage by voting to send billions more in aid to Ukraine despite not reaching a border security deal, several Republican senators who are increasingly frustrated with party leadership told the Daily Caller. Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee and Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott all unloaded on McConnell in interviews with the Daily Caller and shared their gratitude for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who said any Ukraine aid without border provisions will be “dead on arrival” in the House. Johnson’s comments came just two days after the Caller first [published]( leaked border deal proposals. “I cannot even believe how badly McConnell blew this,” Johnson told the Caller. “McConnell frittered away the leverage we have in the Senate.” Republicans in both chambers of Congress had spoken for months about a push to extract compromise from Democrats — who, led by President Joe Biden, have made a key priority out of aid for Ukraine — by tying further support for Kyiv to concessions on immigration policy to address the ongoing crisis at the southern border. When push came to shove, Republicans didn’t get their end of the deal. The bipartisan Senate border and foreign aid bill negotiated by Republican leadership and Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford [didn’t even survive]( to a full vote after vast public backlash and [opposition from former President Donald Trump](. Democrats did end up getting their side of the deal passed though, with the help of 22 Republican senators who [voted to pass]( nearly $100 billion in military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan last week, despite failing to reach a border deal. “The reason so many of us are speaking out the way we are against McConnell was the way he blew this. It’s historic. It was a monumental blunder, debacle. We don’t appreciate it. But again, the good news is, if the house doesn’t pass this, we still have that leverage,” Sen. Johnson said. “Of the many components of this blunder, maybe the most important was not recognizing that your negotiating partner was not negotiating in good faith … [all] Democrats wanted was political cover, and McConnell gave it to them. Again, this is historic in nature. What Senate leader from either party has done so much to give their political opponent the kind of political cover, that McConnell just handed over to the Democrats on a silver platter. It’s just jaw-dropping.” HOT OFF THE PRESS Time's Up: The DOJ [failed]( to turn over the transcript of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur after the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees requested it, the Daily Caller has learned. The House Oversight Committee [requested]( the transcript via letter on Feb. 12, giving the DOJ until Monday, Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. to respond. The DOJ did not turn over the transcript or other documents in the report that were requested, sources with both committees told the Daily Caller. Anyone Seen Joe? During Biden's run for president in 2020, the now 81-year-old was [criticized]( for [running]( a "basement campaign" as he [stayed]( in his basement TV studio and had limited, low attendance rallies. Now, as the 2024 election approaches, similar [critiques]( are [surfacing]( as Biden has [skipped]( key press [appearances]( [ducking]( out on a traditional end of the year press conference and opting out of a prime time [Super Bowl]( interview. [C]( are beginning to notice.]( Bad Puppy: Commander Biden, a two-year-old German Shepard, had previously been [ousted]( from the White House in October after it was reported that the dog had committed 11 biting incidents. The dog [has bitten Secret Service agents]( at least 24 times, in addition to previously reported biting incidents involving White House staff. TRENDING What's your take on this? [Click here]( and scroll down to leave a comment! FOR THE RECORD NYT Triggers White House: New York Times (NYT) publisher A.G. Sulzberger [said]( Monday that their coverage of President Joe Biden's age has made the White House "extremely upset." 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