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Peter Fedinsky normally votes Republican, but will vote Democrat in the November 8 US midterm elections.
And many members of his Ukrainian-American community are doing the same, he says.
“They have never voted for Democrats, but they understand that they must in this case because the survival of Ukraine is at stake,” Fedinsky said.
Fedinsky lives in Palma, Ohio, known as America’s “Pelogi Pocket.” The Cleveland suburbs are home to the state’s largest Ukrainian community, with approximately half of its 80,000 residents of Ukrainian descent. In the center of the city, the “Ukrainian Village,” shops carry Ukrainian flags, parishioners sing the Ukrainian national anthem, and restaurants serve Ukrainian borscht.
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Lyuba Molotkovsky, weighing a bag of sausages at a local butcher shop, smiled when she explained that her sister lived near Kiev with a newborn baby. Her neighborhood was badly damaged after being hit by a Russian missile.
I don’t know how they survive the long winters,” Molotkovsky said.
. About half of the 80,000 inhabitants have Ukrainian roots.
Jeff Semple/Global News One of her plans is to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. Ohio’s Republican Senate seat is one of the few states that can determine Washington’s balance of power.
Parma’s Ukrainian community formed in his early 1900s and has traditionally voted Republican. But during that campaign, his J. Vance, the Republican candidate for US Senate from Ohio, suggested that the US should stop spending taxpayer money to help Ukraine.
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“Honestly, I don’t care what happens to Ukraine,” Vance told Steve Bannon in a February interview, emphasizing the importance of focusing on Ohio in preparation for the fentanyl crisis.
At a campaign rally in Canton, Ohio last week, Global News asked Vance to clarify its position.
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“Look, I don’t think the war in Ukraine can be funded indefinitely. “I don’t think we should make such promises,” Vance said.
“We want to de-escalate and spend dollars on America’s priorities.”
Since Russia invaded her in February, the US has approved more than $60 billion for her military, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, far more than any other country.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said continued U.S. support is essential to save war-torn Ukraine.
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Democrats are pushing for another big aid package for Ukraine. But amid rising inflation and fears of a recession, moves to cut or stop U.S. military aid to Ukraine are backed by a growing number of Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. .
“If the Republican Party controls Congress as it stands, I think there is little chance that funding will continue, at least at current levels,” said Justin Buckler, a professor at Case Western Reserve University at the Cleveland School of Political Science. Told.
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Ohio voted solidly for Trump in his 2016 and his 2020, so this race will never be as close as it used to be. After former Republican Senator Rob Portman retired, the party named Vance, a venture capitalist known for his 2016 best-selling memoir and subsequent Netflix film Hillbilly Elegy Congressman and 2020 Presidential Candidate Tim Ryan.The story continues under the ad Now the Ukrainian community in Ohio wants to spoil it.
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“Vance is not a starter because of the Ukraine issue,” Fedinsky told Global News.A retired journalist works to document the Ukrainian diaspora in America. He makes his big 700-page album listing the names and dates of birth of his 45,000 Ukrainian-Americans living in Ohio.
“Many Ukrainian Republicans say they’re lifelong party members and won’t vote (for Vance).They will be voting Democrats for the first time in their lives,” he told Global News.
Peter Fedinsky shows Global News reporter Jeff Semple an album of Ukrainian-American names and dates of birth at his home in Parma, Ohio. (Jeff Semple/Global News).
Over 1.3 million Eastern Europeans live in Ohio.
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“We are in good alliance with the Baltic, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Jewish communities. It has a power multiplier. That’s why the community has so many allies. We’re not just looking at Ukrainian-Americans here,” said George Yaskiv, vice president of the Ohio United Ukraine Organization.
“Let’s face it, Ukraine continues to fight because the West is providing aid and economic support.”
The future of US support for Ukraine, and perhaps even the war itself, could depend on the results of the midterm elections.
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