Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell attacked Republican skeptics of sending aid to Ukraine on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion Friday.
“If Putin were given a green light to destabilize Europe, invading and killing at will, the long-term cost to the United States in both dollars and security risks would be astronomically higher than the minuscule fraction of our GDP that we have invested in Ukraine’s defense thus far,” he added.
“If Russia can invade, subjugate, and pillage Ukraine with impunity, it will do the same again to others, and a world at war diminishes the security of Americans,” Romney said. “An emboldened and expansionist Russia may eventually invade one of our NATO allies, drawing America into war.” Other Republicans closely associated with former President Donald Trump’s America First movement have been more skeptical of the project. On Friday, Greene announced she would introduce a resolution requiring the White House, Pentagon, and State Department to give lawmakers “all relevant information about how taxpayer dollars are being used in Ukraine.”Rep.
One of the co-sponsors of Greene’s resolution, Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted Wednesday: “The reality is that we are falling under the shadow of nuclear war because megalomaniacs in the UN and the Biden Regime won’t settle for anything less than regime change in Russia. We have no business in Ukraine. Not our fight.”
on Wednesday announcing it was “conducting oversight of the federal government’s administration of US taxpayer-funded assistance to Ukraine.” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Twitter, “Ukraine is the new Iraq,” along with the notion that the country is being run by idiots disconnected from the American people.Sen. Ted Cruz has taken a more agnostic view of the dispute, saying on his “Verdict” podcast recently that “Congressional patience for an open-ended commitment to the Ukraine war is fading quickly, and with a Republican majority in the House, I think you’re going to see much more scrutiny on what funds are going.
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