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Matt Gaetz Introduces Resolution to END Financial Aid to Ukraine

Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a House resolution calling for the end to U.S. military support and financial assistance to Ukraine.

The resolution calls for peace after nearly a whole year of war.

Gaetz and ten cosponsors present the “Ukraine Fatigue Resolution,” The U.S. must do this. “end its military and financial aid to Ukraine and urges all combatants to reach a peace agreement.”

Fox News reported:

It is noted that the U.S. has contributed more than $110 million in humanitarian, financial and military aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 20, 2022. It includes security assistance worth more than $27.4 million.

As The Daily Fetched According to reports, Kyiv has received more than $26 billion in total military aid from the United States.

Antony Blinken announced an additional $2.5 billion in military assistance for Ukraine in January.

Apart from the $2.5 Billion for Ukraine, Congress already gave $45 Billion to the country as part of the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending bill. This law was signed into law December 2022.

“This is about freedom, freedom for Ukraine, freedom everywhere,” Biden made the announcement.

Fox News also mentions that the resolution lists all the equipment that the U.S. have provided since the outbreak of conflict. The resolution also mentions Pentagon officials, who claim that the munitions were delivered safely. “severely depleted United States stockpiles, weakening United States readiness in the event of conflict.”

It claims that U.S. assistance has inadvertently contributed to civilian casualties and cites U.S. estimates of 40,000 civilians having died in the conflict.

Concern about the continued U.S. funding of the war has grown among a subset of Republicans as the conflict has dragged on, with lawmakers highlighting issues at home that could use additional funding – including what they see as a failure to protect the U.S. border against a historic migrant crisis.

Matt Gaetz stated that the U.S. is the largest contributor to the success of an “everlasting conflict.”

“America is in a state of managed decline, and it will exacerbate if we continue to hemorrhage taxpayer dollars toward a foreign war,” He said.

“We must suspend all foreign aid for the War in Ukraine and demand that all combatants in this conflict reach a peace agreement immediately.”

Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Paul Gosae (R-Ariz.), Marjorie Taylor Greene(R-Ga.), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Thomas Massie and Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Ralph Norman, R.S.C., and Matt Rosendale, R.Mont.

Gaetz attacked both the parties for providing additional funding for Ukraine and asked if there was a limit.

“How much more for Ukraine? Is there any limit?” He asked the House floor.

“Which billionth dollar really kicks in the door? Which redline we set will we not later cross?” He asked.

The vast majority of Republicans remain in favor of funding war efforts. Mitch McConnell In December, it was stated that “providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat the Russians is the No. 1 priority for the United States right now according to most Republicans.”

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