NEWSWEEK
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, on Friday invoked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s own speech he recently made to argue against the United States providing more aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
As the Russia-Ukraine war nears its two-year anniversary next month, Zelensky on Tuesday made an address before the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he called for renewed peace talks and the imposition of more and harsher economic sanctions against Moscow.
“We need you in Ukraine to build, to reconstruct, to restore our lives,” the Ukrainian president said. “Each of you can be even more successful with Ukraine.”
According to a Tuesday report from The New York Times, Zelensky made no mention in the speech of Ukraine needing “more weapons” in the form of continued military aid. President Joe Biden has in recent weeks urged Congress to pass his $60 billion proposed aid request for Ukraine, amid reported concerns that former President Donald Trump could drastically slash aid provisions to the war-torn nation if reelected in November.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, in response, has tied the possibility of passing the aid package to the passage of a new immigration and U.S.-Mexico border security deal.
