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Why did Rand Paul delay Washington's $40 billion Ukraine giveaway?

Even by Washington's standards, the Biden administration's recent request for $33 billion for

military aid to Ukraine was shocking.

Surely a coalition of anti-war progressives and budget hawk Republicans would oppose the dangerous

and expensive involvement of the U.S. in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

No, not only did Congress not object, they added nearly $7 billion more to the package.

In the end, not a single House Democrat voted against further U.S. involvement in the war,

and just 57 Republicans said no to funding yet another undeclared war.

On the Senate side, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell both

demanded immediate passage of the huge giveaway to Ukraine.

That's Washington's bipartisan ship for you.

Then, the junior senator from Kentucky came to the Senate floor and did the unthinkable in Washington.

He delayed the vote. He said, my oath of office is to the national security of the United States of America.

We cannot save Ukraine by doing the U.S. economy. He went on to point out that the U.S. has spent

nearly as much on Ukraine's military as the entire military budget of Russia and that the U.S.

government has sent more military money to Ukraine than it has spent in the entire first year of the

U.S. war in Afghanistan. Third of all, put the package into perspective. This massive giveaway to

Ukraine equals nearly the entire yearly budget of the U.S. State Department and is larger than the

budget of the Department of Homeland Security. Schumer was furious with Paul, accusing him of

preventing swift passage of Ukraine's aid because he wants to add at the last minute his own

changes directly into the bill. What was he trying to add to the bill? In his own words,

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