Congressional Republicans are slamming UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron for comparing them to appeasers of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene led the defiant response. “That’s hilarious. David Cameron can kiss my ass,” Greene, who is opposed to additional Ukraine funding, told the Daily Mail.
Cameron’s comparison came in an op-ed published in The Hill on Wednesday urging Congress to approve a $95 billion ‘aid’ package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. “I do not want us to show the weakness displayed against Hitler in the 1930s. He came back for more, costing us far more lives to stop his aggression,” Cameron wrote.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) echoed Greene’s comments, calling Cameron’s statement “laughable.” He added that he has a “rich disdain for such an immature opinion.” Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said that it would be “nice” if “our British friends paid more attention to demanding that the rest of Europe contribute their fair share rather than demanding the United States sign a blank check.”
Many Congressional Republicans oppose passing any such foreign aid package before the U.S.-Mexico border is secured. Others, like Greene, oppose continued funding of an increasingly futile war in Ukraine on principle. This and the fact that several progressive Democrats oppose the bill for its continued support of Israel make its passage unlikely.
“We’re not afraid to go do what we need to do around the world when it’s necessary, but continuing to fund and to continue endless conflict, which is what we’ve been doing for the better part of two decades in this country is not in our national security interest,” said Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX). “I don’t believe it’s in the interest of the people of Ukraine,” he added.
