Earlier, the US senator blocked urgent assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $40 billion. The document is expected to be adopted next week.
There is a growing number of Republican congressmen in the United States who oppose the allocation of military assistance to Ukraine. In particular, the last record package totaling about $40 billion.
About it writes The Washington Post.
The newspaper quotes Congresswoman Marjorie Green, who personally opposed 15 and 16 bills related to the situation in Ukraine. The politician stated that the sanctions against Russia “didn’t lead to anything” and called on American legislators to take care of their own country first of all.
“Let me ask you. Because of all these sanctions, Putin stopped his war in Ukraine? No, not a bit,” she told the newspaper.
According to her, Americans cannot find infant formula on store shelves with such a shortage. At the same time, Congress “is going to send 40 billion dollars to some other country.”
The WP article notes that Republicans like to summarize their worldview in straightforward, nationalistic terms. At the same time, Green herself, who has no experience in foreign policy, often uses fiery terms that do not fully reflect the geopolitical issue at stake.
