Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden (D-Maine) voted with the majority of the house over the weekend to send billions of taxpayer dollars to defend the borders of Ukraine, as the U.S. border remains open.
“The defense of Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is the defense of America. Today I joined a bipartisan coalition of my colleagues in support of $95 billion package to aid our democratic allies overseas,” said Rep. Golden on X.
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Rep. Pingree also weighed in on her support for Ukraine, but noted in her statement that, though she will happily send taxpayer funding to Ukraine and Taiwan, she opposes funding for Israel’s military.
“Unfortunately, the right has politicized the war and delayed urgently needed aid for Ukraine. With passage of this overdue defense aid, I hope America can reaffirm our support for Ukraine and commitment to defending democracy abroad. The world is watching,” said Pingree.
Following the bill’s passage in a 310-110 vote, with support from all Democrats and 100 Republicans, numerous Democrats, including Pingree, began waiving Ukrainian flags and chanting “Ukraine! Ukraine!”
Republicans will have an opportunity to stop the foreign aid package in the Senate, if enough of them unite against it.
Supporters of the $95 billion foreign aid package, which includes $61 billion to prop up both the Ukrainian military and economy, have received heavy criticism from many conservatives who have argued that they are showing more patriotism for Ukraine than their own country.
“Ukrainian flags fly in the chamber of the UNITED STATES House of Representatives as they vote to send more of your hard-earned money to a corrupt foreign regime. And just like that they shout “UKRAINE! UKRAINE!” while happily working to secure Ukraine’s borders, not ours,” said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
As the U.S. has continually failed to secure the border, Golden suggested that defending Ukraine is the same as defending the U.S.
One Democrat, Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.), even said that the Ukrainian border is the U.S. border.
“Some say, well, we have to deal with our border first. The Ukrainian, Russian border is our border! It’s the border between depraved autocracy and freedom loving people seeking our democratic way of life,” said Rep. Connolly.
Criticism of the foreign aid package has been amplified by the fact that, although congress has sent billions to foreign countries, it has continually failed to do anything to secure the U.S. Southern border, which the Biden Administration has fought to keep open for criminals to enter with impunity.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been denounced by many as a traitor to his party for breaking a previous promise to oppose foreign aid until the Southern border has been secured.
“Reality doesn’t matter to Mike Johnson. All he cares about is continuing the business model built on blood, murder, and war in foreign countries. Passing $61 BILLION in aid to Ukraine was a total betrayal of Republican voters. We need a new Speaker!!” said Rep. Marjorie Greene on X.
Saturday’s foreign aid package vote has added to cries, championed by Rep. Greene, for the removal of Rep. Johnson from his position as speaker.
More ammo to use against these fools next election.
I would add that the jewish leadership in ukraine is sending white male ukro-nazis to their death to pave the way for the jews to monopolize agricultural land since the jews are destroying all of the olive trees in Palestine and Lebanon on the limited agricultural land available in that region.
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“The $95 billion now approved by the treasonous U.S. Congress to fund Ukraine’s war with #Russia will not change the outcome of this conflict. #Ukraine has already lost the war, as it has nearly out of men and equipment to fight it. This new money will only guarantee that more Ukrainian men are sacrificed on the front lines while Russia meticulously, patiently eliminates them and defeats whatever obsolete equipment western nations can heave eastward. $95 billion for Ukraine means $95 billion worth of hardware that the Russians will use for target practice, to make their vastly superior military even more proficient and effective. Russia is able to rotate “green” troops into active combat positions, saturating their active duty personnel with frontline military experience, building the most proficient and capable land army in the world, backed by the most advanced weaponry that any nation has ever produced (such as hypersonic missiles, advanced anti-air defense systems, highly effective combat drones, etc.). Meanwhile, the Ukraine-flag-waving absolute morons in the U.S. Congress think they can print money to defeat Russia. But America lacks the industrial output to even match Russia’s, much less exceed it. Is the plan to air drop pallets of cash onto Russian soldiers, hoping to crush them with fiat currency? When Ukraine is fully defeated — likely to happen before the end of this year — there will be zero accountability for all the government waste, the $200+ billion cash that vanishes, the 500,000+ dead Ukrainian men, and the disruption of global trade and food output caused by insane western leaders (like Boris Johnson) gunning for war instead of leading the people to peace and prosperity. You are watching the self-immolation of Western civilization. The collapse of the #dollar isn’t far away at this point, and when it collapses and the U.S. empire can’t keep funding war provocations across the planet, the world will be far better off“
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Russians killing Russians. What is the next move, Jared, a civil war here in the states? Who will you support, the Americans or the New Americans?
Saw a post today about claiming EXEMPT on the W4. … Good idea if EVERYBODY (which they should) gets on board. The fact that these a$$ clowns get a pass is ridiculous. AMERICA LAST. Once upon a time there was only one way to deal with TRAITORS.
If these brain dead congress people love Ukraine so much more than their own country and border, send them.over there to run Ukraine govt! We can have new elections for a new American first congress ! Screw these loosers
They both need to lose their seats. They represent their globalist handlers, not Mainers.
Anyone who didn’t see this coming please raise your hand. Now punch yourself in the face and say “Wake up”.
Didn’t Collins and King vote for it too?
Low bail for the China weed growers and not closed boaders for us
Rooster Senet votes today And then the four will join the collage protest.
Even if Trump is in jail I am voting for him.
What war mongering fools these two are. They have blood on their hands. Printing money and then throwing it away. Ukraine has no realistic way of prevailing and this bloodletting would have been over long ago without the US stringing it out. The idea that Russia will try to take over the rest of Europe is laughable.They have stated they have no intention of doing so and couldn’t if they wanted to. Of course the MIC loves it. Really good for profits and the fools in congress go right along with it. Gotta keep that campaign money rolling in.
First, her Democrat Party turned its back on the working man, now Pingree turns her back on the Jews. Maine needs to vote her out for perpetuating antisemitism. The US House passed a resolution on April 16 declaring the slogan “From the river to the sea. Palestine will be free” antisemitic. Motion to define the pro-Palestinian slogan as antisemitic passed in a vote of 377 to 44, with 34 Democrats and one Republican voting against. Among those 34 Democrats was Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Maine’s Chellie Pingree. We are watching YOU, too, Ms. Pingree, as you naively believe aid to Gaza goes to innocent civilians rather than Hamas savages. Vote her OUT — She would fit right in today on the Columbia University campus!
PFFFFT. “The defense of Ukraine, Israel, & Taiwan” defends ONLY the profits of our privately-owned, for-profit military-industrial complex. Your wildly-regressive tax dollars at work. We could prove this by nationalizing the entire MIC, making THE RICH pay ALL the taxes at all levels of gov’t, and THEN see how much our so-called “representatives” like war-mongering. I bet they won’t, AT ALL.
well, we have to fully staff our chinese pot grows