House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has warned that the blank checks for Ukraine will likely end when the GOP takes control of Congress after the midterms.
McCarthy, who will be the probable House speaker come January, said that voters won’t want to send billions of dollars abroad while American families are struggling at home.
He said: โI think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and theyโre not going to write a blank check to Ukraine.
“They just wonโt do it. Itโs not a free blank check.โ
After facing a backlash from Democrats over his prediction, McCarthy doubled down: โI think Ukraine is very important.
“I support making sure that we move forward to defeat Russia in that program.
“But there should be no blank check on anything. We are $31 trillion in debt.
โItโs amazing to me that that somehow made news.
“Wouldnโt you want a check and balance in Congress?
โWouldnโt you want this hardworking taxpayersโ money, someone overseeing it?
โWeโve got to eliminate the wasteful spending in Washington.โ
McCarthy reminded the critics that it was the GOP who wanted to arm Ukraine earlier but Biden and Obama did not.
โI remember then-Vice President Biden telling me that Germany wouldnโt like that,โ McCarthy said.
โI then advocated that, well, why donโt we train them on the Javelins and keep them in Poland so they can move forward?โ
โI believe we could do things smarter, we could be ahead.
โWe could make sure that Russia wouldnโt see weakness going forward and then cost us more money, more lives, more damage.
โThat is what Iโm talking about when you talk about no blank check.
โI believe in accountability,โ McCarthy said.
Soon to be ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) was furious with McCarthy over the comments.
โMaybe in his mind he actually did believe that all he was saying is, โHey, we want to have some oversight in this.โ
โYouโre giving aid and comfort to the enemy intentionally or unintentionally.
โThere are a lot of people, frankly in the world, that are worrying about what a Republican majority could do.โ
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) said Republicans โwant to cast aside American global leadership at a time when we should do the exact opposite.โ
โA Republican party plagued with spineless Putin Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kevin McCarthy, who would rather side with Russia over freedom, has no business leading,โ Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesperson Tommy Garcia said.
โThe Strategic Petroleum Reserve was created for a time of emergencyโthis is a political emergency to the Democrats. That is why he is using it.โ โ @GOPLeader pic.twitter.com/ypgL6CFBiK
โ House Republicans (@HouseGOP) October 20, 2022
Fox Newsโ John Roberts: โHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy โฆ has said if Republicans take the gavel, that America will no longer be a ‘blank check’ for the war in Ukraine. Do you take issue with that?โ
Former Vice President Mike Pence: *long sigh* pic.twitter.com/2NdTQFvudh
โ The Recount (@therecount) October 19, 2022