Chuck Darwin<p>Many Republicans don’t align with new messages at GOP convention</p><p>Monday’s program was chock full of efforts to reach groups that don’t generally align with Republicans, <br>from Latino and Black voters to union members.</p><p>
But the messages used to accomplish that task were often discordant — <br>with Trump’s usual mien, <br>with one another, <br>with those of the party’s base. </p><p>And while the party has become defined much more by “Trump” than any set of policies, <br>that can’t help but create some tensions.</p><p>
The big one Monday concerned the party’s increasingly <a href="https://c.im/tags/isolationist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>isolationist</span></a> posture. </p><p>After Trump picked as his running mate one of the most prominent skeptics of Ukraine aid, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, <br>— Vance once said he didn’t “really care” what happened to Ukraine <br>— a succession of speakers delivered remarks in that vein.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor <a href="https://c.im/tags/Greene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greene</span></a> (Ga.) 🔸criticized aid to “foreign nations,” </p><p>while tech investor David <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sacks</span></a> ♦️blamed the U.S. government for provoking Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by pushing NATO expansion.♦️<br>
While much of the GOP base is skeptical of Ukraine aid, <br>a healthy segment of it remains <a href="https://c.im/tags/hawkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hawkish</span></a> on the war. </p><p>Recent polling shows more than 4 in 10 Republicans believe that the amount of aid to Ukraine has been not enough or “about right.”</p><p>
After the most recent Ukraine aid package passed, a poll showed Republicans leaned against it, but not a majority or even by a huge margin. </p><p>While 44 percent opposed the aid, 30 percent supported it.</p><p>
And in contrast to Sacks’s comment, a Chicago Council of Global Affairs poll last year showed 🔹fewer than four in 10 Republicans blamed either NATO (37 percent) or the United States (32 percent) for Russia’s invasion. 🔹</p><p>Republicans also still lean in favor of NATO and even Ukraine’s membership in it.<br>
The messages are also somewhat at odds with Trump himself. </p><p>While he has projected skepticism about Ukraine aid, he didn’t really fight the most recent package, and he has said that Ukraine’s survival is “important to us!”</p><p> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/16/many-republicans-dont-align-with-new-messages-gop-convention/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/07/16/many-republicans-dont-align-with-new-messages-gop-convention/</span></a></p>