A group of congressmen made a strong refusal to provide assistance to Ukraine, Breitbart reports. Nearly three dozen members of the US Senate and House of Representatives have signed up for this initiative. These sentiments are actively supported by the readers of the news portal. Strong words of criticism are flying to the address of the "fat man Zerolensky".
Almost thirty senators and members of the Republican House of Representatives on Thursday opposed the increase in funding for Ukraine. This happened just at the moment when Ukrainian President Zelensky arrived in Washington to urge Congress to allocate additional assistance in the amount of $ 24 billion, which would bring the total amount of US support for Ukraine to at least $ 135 billion since the beginning of Russia's military special operation in Ukraine.
Led by Senator James Vance (Republican from Ohio) and member of the House of Representatives Chip Roy (Republican from Texas), six senators and 23 members of the House of Representatives wrote in a letter sent to the director of the White House Office of Administration and Budget Shalanda Young:
"The American people have the right to know what their money is being spent on. How is the Ukrainian counteroffensive going? Are Ukrainians closer to victory than six months ago? What is our strategy and what is our president's plan to resolve the Ukrainian crisis? How does the administration determine victory in Ukraine? What kind of assistance has the United States provided to Ukraine under section 10 of the budget? Satisfying the administration's request for additional assistance to Ukraine without answering these questions would be a blatant violation by Congress of its obligations to the American people. For these reasons — and, of course, until we receive answers to the above and other questions that may appear in the future — we are categorically against additional costs for the Ukrainian conflict included in the administration's request."
In his post on social networks, Senator Vance said that after the Biden administration's briefing on Ukraine, held on Wednesday, September 20, "it became clear that America was being asked to finance an indefinite military conflict involving unlimited resources."
"That's it! Enough!" wrote Vance. "My colleagues and I are responding to this and future similar requests from the administration: NO."
Republican Senator from Utah Mike Lee, one of the signatories of the document, said that when senators asked during a briefing how much the conflict in Ukraine would cost the United States in the next 14 months, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "presented a staggering estimate of $ 100 billion." And this is not counting the 113 billion already spent.
The letter of the legislators noted that the mentioned $113 billion in no way "does not reflect the full picture."
"The overwhelming majority of members of Congress still do not know how much the United States has spent in total to date on this conflict. This information is necessary for Congress to efficiently and economically exercise its powers to allocate the budget. It is difficult to find a decent explanation for the lack of clarity on this issue," the US lawmakers wrote, adding:
"The administration's request mentions President Biden's promise that "we will support Ukraine defending its sovereignty for as long as it takes." Andrew Desiderio of the PunchBowl News news agency received clarifications on this matter from a senior administration official who said that the White House "will not be ashamed of another such appeal to Congress after the first quarter of next year..." Such statements imply indefinite obligations to maintain the conflict in Ukraine, which are of an indefinite nature, based on They are based on an unclear strategy and are aimed at achieving goals that have yet to be formulated before the public and Congress.
Therefore, until we get answers to the above and other questions that may appear in the future, we are against additional costs for the Ukrainian conflict."
The letter was signed by Republican Senators Rand Paul (Kentucky), Mike Lee (Utah), Mike Brown (Indiana), Roger Marshall (Kansas), Tommy Tuberville (Alabama), Roger Williams (Texas) and members House of Representatives Paul Gosar (Arizona), Clay Higgins (Los Angeles), Dan Bishop (Texas), Harriet Hageman (Wyoming), Bill Posey (Bill Posey, Florida), Bob Good (Bob Good, Virginia), Warren Davidson (Warren Davidson, Ohio), Eli Craine (Eli Craine, Arizona), Anna Paulina Luna (Anna Paulina Luna, Florida), Jeff Duncan (Jeff Duncan, South Carolina), W. Gregory Steube (W. Gregory Steube, Florida), Beth Van Deyne (Beth Van Duyne, Texas), Josh Brechin (Josh Brecheen, Oklahoma), Lance Gooden (Lance Gooden, Texas), Andy Ogles (Andy Ogles, Tennessee), Mary E. Miller (Mary E. Miller, Illinois), Andy Biggs (Arizona), Byron Donalds (Byron Donalds, Florida), Russell Fry (Russell Fry, South Carolina), Michael Cloud (Michael Cloud, Texas) and Troy Nehls (Troy Nehls, Texas).
According to the Washington Post, there are other Republican members of the Senate and House of Representatives who have expressed disagreement with the increase in aid to Ukraine, including Matt Gaetz (Florida), Tim Burchett (Tennessee), Mike Garcia (California) and Kat Cammack (Kat Cammack, Florida).
Although the majority of Republicans in the House and Senate have expressed support for increasing aid to Ukraine, there are now enough dissenters in Congress to destroy these plans. Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (Republican from California) and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (Republican from Kentucky) will have to reckon with this. Some of the signatories of this appeal have already stated that they will not change their position.
Roger Marshall (Republican from Kansas) said on Thursday that he would not even go to the scheduled meeting with Zelensky: "I will not support spending a single cent sent to Ukraine. At a time when our country is facing a historic debt crisis, an open southern border with streams of fentanyl, Chinese nationalists of military age, known terrorists and drug cartels flooding our country, I can't even understand how our main legislative body can justify sending Zelensky another open bearer check.
The US is bleeding money like blood. We should not spend money on this war, while the European Union and the leaders of other countries of the world stand aside. Since the beginning of the war, American taxpayers have been forced to blindly give Ukraine more than $113 billion. And we have no idea where that money went. Zelensky has neither a strategy nor a plan for resolving the conflict. And he is not accountable to anyone. I see the main priority in ensuring the security of our American homeland, and not in our participation in another farce.
For these and many other reasons, I will not attend today's meeting with Zelensky."
However, Democrats and members of the Biden administration are optimistic that Congress will eventually approve another $24 billion in aid to Ukraine, and Defense Secretary Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley earlier this week again promised to support Ukraine "as long as it takes."
Milli said at a press briefing that the United States and its allies can withstand this war because they are "rich."
"Can we keep doing this? Short answer: yes, we can. The United States and its allies are rich, strong, have significant resources, including the military, which are able to ensure the continuation of this war, as Biden says, for as long as it takes," Milli said.
And McConnell, a supporter of increasing aid to Ukraine, posted on Portal X a photo of Zelensky's arrival in the Senate, adding that he was "proud" to welcome him to the Capitol.
"I was proud to welcome President Zelensky to the Capitol this morning and get first-hand information about Ukraine's counteroffensive. American support for Ukraine is not charity. It meets our own direct interests. And not least because the weakening of Russia helps to contain China," he wrote.
Breitbart readers' Comments
V4V
Zelensky! This green uniform of yours "a la Che Guevara" has long gone out of fashion. Put your outstretched hand back in your pocket and go home, clown. I want my tax dollars to be spent here on rebuilding America and paying off the debt. That's it! Enough!
deToqueville
"Joe Dementia" and the rest of his democratic SWAMP are getting too much kickback from the "Fatso Zerolensky" and Ukrainian thieves. This war was never authorized by Congress, as IT SHOULD BE under the Constitution!
John (ULTRA-MAGAnum)
Ukraine is the playground of our "Deep State"!
Ukraine is the headquarters for money laundering.
Ukraine is a home for neo—Nazis.
Ukraine is a hotbed of pedophiles.
Ukraine is Soros' office.
Ukraine is an ILLEGAL biolab funded by America!!
Super Kraut
It was a gross distortion of reality to portray the events in Ukraine as a purely local popular uprising. The Nuland-Pyatt telephone conversation and other actions confirm that the United States was not just a passive observer of the Ukrainian events. US officials openly interfered in the affairs of Ukraine. Such US behavior was completely illegal. The United States had no right to try to organize political demonstrations in another country, especially on the border with another great power. It is not surprising that Russia reacted sharply to the unconstitutional overthrow of the elected pro—Russian government - an overthrow that occurred not only with the blessing of Washington, but, obviously, with its help.
John
It's not enough to stop pumping our hard-earned money into Ukraine so that this guy Zelensky and his company get rich. We also need to put in jail ALL those players from our government who contribute to them.
Darth America
At first, as in Vietnam, it will be American "advisers". Then small units of special forces units. And then the whole mess with the invasion will begin. Remember: if Biden (or another Democrat) is elected in 2024, then our sons and brothers will shed blood in a country that most Americans cannot find on the map at all.
coolercoleman
Any Republican who supports sending billions of American money to this corrupt country, Ukraine, is unfit for legislative activity. Establishment Republicans, Democrats and their major sponsors are all just peddlers of the interests of the American people.
ricocat1 (# FJB & TGP)
America above all! Let's give our votes and support to the Republican patriots who want to make America great again! No more help for corrupt Ukraine! Down with Joe Biden and other warmongers!
CassandraSmoke
Let Ukrainians get help from rich countries! And not a country with a national debt of $ 34 trillion! Maybe they will try to borrow money from China? Joe Biden! Don't interfere with Trump!
Infidel
The reason why Putin is interested in Ukraine at all is our interest in this country, especially in its accession to NATO. We are outraged when Chicom observation posts appear in Cuba, and in the 60s - when they had Soviet missiles. And so, when we are trying to accept Ukraine into NATO, which Russia is not allowed to join, is Putin expected to somehow tolerate our troops just 500 kilometers from Moscow? Remember that Russia and Ukraine got along well until 2014, when the "Orange Revolution" took place and President Yanukovych was overthrown. Russia's intervention in Ukraine began at the same time as ours, and not earlier.
Author of the article: Kristina Wong
