Firebrand MP Marjorie Taylor Green didn’t hesitate when asked about the British foreign secretary urging the US to give more aid to Ukraine, saying: “I wouldn’t mind kissing you.”
The Georgia Republican clarified that a special relationship does not apply to Prime Minister David Cameron in response to a question on Sky News on Wednesday about Cameron’s call to “vote through funding for Ukraine”. did.
“I think he was trying to compare us to Hitler. If that’s the kind of word he wants to use, I have nothing to say to him,” she said, a former prime minister and now British foreign affairs official. He talked about him as a minister.
Sky News’ James Matthews pointed out that Cameron was simply comparing her to a “Hitler appeaser who didn’t vote through funding Ukraine”.
“I don’t really care what Prime Minister David Cameron says,” Green retorted. “I think that’s a rude and abusive word, and I don’t like that kind of language.
“And Prime Minister David Cameron really needs to worry about his country. Frankly, he could kiss my ass.”
Still, Matthews persisted, asking Green if he believed “Putin is the good guy in this matter,” but Green simply responded by slamming the door in his face.
Greene and other House Republicans are busy crafting an Israel and Ukraine spending bill that includes U.S. border security provisions after rejecting a Senate proposal to address those issues.
On Wednesday, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania) teased that an alternative plan is under consideration and could be announced soon.
“Tune in over the next 24 hours and I think you’ll see a bipartisan opinion,” he said. According to Politico.
Fitzpatrick, who is also co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, did not provide many details about the plan, but suggested it could include provisions “very similar” to the Senate package. .
Under the bill, the United States would fund American-made defense equipment, including munitions and air defense systems, that authorities desperately need in the wake of a Russian attack on the country.
It also includes $8 billion and other aid to the Kiev government.
However, it does not include provisions to crack down on illegal border crossings.
