In the United States, Republicans brandish Ukraine as a campaign argument

The warning, from Kevin McCarthy, the leader of the Republicans in the lower house of Congress, is the first indication of the difficulties ahead for Kyiv if the congressional support for funding its defense, so far largely consensual, were to fall. reduce.

I think we’re going to end up in a recession and we’re not going to write Ukraine a blank check. It is not possibleMcCarthy told the political news site Punchbowl News.

If the Republicans win the majority of the representative seats, this elected Californian hopes to dethrone Democrat Nancy Pelosi at the head of the House, which would make him the third figure in the American state after President Joe Biden and the Vice-President Kamala Harris.

McCarthy said he hopes voters will punish Democrats in November for neglecting US national priorities, such as immigration.

« Ukraine is important, but at the same time it can’t be the only thing they do and it can’t be a blank cheque. »

— A quote from Kevin McCarthy, House Republican Leader

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Joe Biden’s government has released $17.6 billion in military aid to Ukraine, with the agreement of both parties in Congress, although some of the right-wing Republican aides protested.

For some analysts, these remarks by Mr. McCarthy represent a concession made to the right wing of the party, which he needs to be elected Speaker of the House.

For others, the Republican leader is thus seeking to mobilize the party’s isolationist base, which risks abstaining in the November elections.

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Not an ATM

The Democratic spending spree really never ends. Biden needs to understand that we are the United States, not an ATMrecently tweeted the elected far-right Lauren Boebert.

Almost all Republican representatives voted in September against a law of massive investments of 12.3 billion dollars, including three billion in military aid to Ukraine in the form of armament, various supplies and payment of salaries. Ukrainian soldiers. The law, however, passed with the support of all Democrats.

Democrats sharply criticized Mr. McCarthy’s remarks.

Cutting aid to Ukraine amid Europe’s worst war since World War II shows just how incompetent McCarthy would be as Speaker of the Housetweeted Ben Rhodes, a former foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama.