Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) raged Friday about those calling for Congress to approve more military aid to Ukraine, saying it amounts to “paying for the slaughter and murder” of Ukrainian soldiers. he claimed.
“This in and of itself is the most disgusting, disgusting thing that’s going on, and the people who are cutting the checks are… I’m an American citizen,” he said.
“I hate all the people here who are doing this,” she added. “I really hate them for doing this.”
Greene said her “stomach turned” at the thought of providing President Biden’s $60 billion emergency funding request to Ukraine, and that House Speaker Mike Johnson, whom she had threatened to remove from the speaker’s office, He predicted that the Republican (R-Louisiana) would eventually resign. Find a way to pass that measure.
“Everyone should demand that the Republican Speaker of the House stop listening to the bullshit and the lies he’s being told and do the right thing,” Greene said. He argued that dollars would be better spent on U.S. border security.
The congressman said “amputees” and “wounded soldiers” are being pushed to the front lines of the fighting between Ukraine and Russia, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is being forced by U.S. politicians to continue fighting. He claimed that there was.
“America is holding its breath and saying, ‘You have to keep fighting. We’re going to pay for it and we’re going to enforce it,'” Greene told Bannon.
The Republican agitator also dismissed concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin might be interested in invading other European countries, asking why the Biden administration would He questioned whether it was so keen on providing military aid to member states.
“For some strange, sick, sinister reason, this country is all they care about,” Green said.
“They don’t care about you at home.”
For nearly two months, the House has delayed passing a Senate-approved $95 billion national security package that includes funding for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region.
Greene has warned Johnson that she could file a motion to resign if there is a vote on aid to Ukraine, a move that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) made in October of last year. It is the same legislative procedure used to oust former House Speaker McCarthy (R-Calif.). )
The last U.S. aid package to Ukraine was sent in March and included about $300 million worth of military equipment from existing U.S. stockpiles.
