- Liz Cheney slammed Marjorie Taylor Greene for her latest feedback about Ukraine.
- Cheney said that Greene stands “with Putin against liberty & America.”
- Greene pledged to lower aid to Ukraine if the GOP gains handle of Congress in the midterms.
Rep. Liz Cheney took a jab at a fellow Republican — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — for pledging to halt funding for Ukraine if Republicans obtain regulate of Congress in the midterm elections.
“The only border they care about is Ukraine, not America’s southern border,” Greene claimed Thursday at a Trump rally, per the HuffPost. “Beneath Republicans, not yet another penny will go to Ukraine. Our region will come first. They don’t care about our border or our individuals.”
In response to Greene’s speech, Cheney tweeted that this is “just” what Russian President Vladimir Putin needs.
“If we might had Republicans like this in the 1980s, we would have dropped the Chilly War,” she additional.
—Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) November 4, 2022
The US has sent billions of dollars of support to Ukraine since the start of the conflict in February. On the other hand, the funding has obtained pushback from GOP leaders who known as on the White Property to emphasis on domestic issues. With the midterms nearing, lawmakers are functioning to send $50 billion in support to Ukraine as before long as doable.
Greene, a far-right Georgia congresswoman, has notably distribute misinformation encompassing the war, earlier asking if the support despatched to Ukraine is “slipping into the fingers of Nazis,” echoing Putin’s rhetoric.
She reacted to Cheney’s tweet on Thursday, “There are two things that are in the earlier 1. You and your Daddy’s Republican Get together that sent our armed forces to struggle international wars on the backs of American tax dollars and didn’t win a damn thing.,” Greene wrote. “2. You.”
Cheney snapped again at Greene, afterwards including that she stands “with Putin versus liberty & America.”
—Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) November 4, 2022
