Home Democrats have come below fireplace for waving the Ukrainian flag within the chamber of the U.S. Home of Representatives throughout a vote to approve $60 billion in support for the nation’s protection.
“Ukrainian flags fly within the chamber of the UNITED STATES Home of Representatives as they vote to ship extra of your hard-earned cash to a corrupt overseas regime,” Sen Rand Paul, R-Ky., stated in a submit on X Saturday. “And identical to that they shout ‘UKRAINE! UKRAINE!’ whereas fortunately working to safe Ukraine’s borders, not ours.”
Paul’s submit comes after the Home authorized a spending bundle that can ship $60 billion to Ukraine to help in its protection towards Russia’s invasion, a part of an general $95 billion overseas support plan that additionally consists of further support for Israel.
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Sen. Rand Paul speaks to reporters as he arrives for a vote within the U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Pictures)
Whereas the bundle itself, which handed in a 311 to 112 vote, confronted fierce opposition amongst some lawmakers, others took explicit offense to a second on the finish of the vote when Democrats started passing round Ukrainian flags to wave because the timer on the vote expired.
Supporters of Ukraine have a good time after the Home handed support to Ukraine and Israel on Capitol Hill on April 20, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures)
The transfer was a violation of Home protocol, based on Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y., who presided over the vote and instructed these waving the flags that the show was “inappropriate.”
Molinaro’s feedback elicited jeers from Democrats within the chamber, however was backed up by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., who took the microphone and instructed her fellow lawmakers to “put these d— flags away.” Luna would take to social media later to echo an identical sentiment, arguing that it was a “shame to show every other flag than the American flag within the Home Chamber!”
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna attends a information convention with Home and Senate Republicans on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol on Could 17, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Pictures)
The flag waving was blasted by extra GOP lawmakers on social media, with Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., arguing that members of the Home confirmed they care “extra about Ukraine than you.”
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“Democrats chanted ‘Ukraine’ whereas waving Ukrainian flags on the Flooring of the UNITED STATES Home of Representatives,” Biggs stated on X. “The Uniparty authorized $60.8 billion extra for Ukraine whereas the US shortly approached $35 trillion in debt.”
Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican from Arizona, speaks with members of the media as he departs throughout a gathering of the 118th Congress on the US Capitol on Jan. 4, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
“For the Swamp, it is Ukraine First and America Final,” Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C. stated of the flag waving on X. “Gleefully waving Ukrainian flags because the American folks undergo below Biden’s border invasion.”
“Home Democrats are waiving Ukraine flags on the Home ground as members of Congress vote to ship almost $61 billion extra to Ukraine,” Rep. Troy E. Nehls, R-Texas, added on X. “Disgusting.”
Ukraine President Zelenskyy holding his arms up with a Ukraine flag within the background (Viktor Kovalchuk/International Pictures Ukraine by way of Getty Pictures)
“An excessive amount of Ukraine. Not sufficient USA,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah quipped on X whereas sharing a video of the flag waving.
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The show was additionally derided by Nicole Shanahan, the working mate of unbiased presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“I keep in mind as a 12 yr outdated waking up in downtown Oakland and realizing our automotive had been damaged into and the $1.50 I used to be counting on to purchase a McDonald’s breakfast sandwich had been stolen,” Shanahan stated on X. “Watching our management right now ship $60B to Ukraine whereas waving one other nation’s flag is gut-wrenching. What about Individuals?”
