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Sen. Thom Tillis (RN.C.) on Monday took a dig at Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) recently commented against sending back aid to Ukraine, calling the Ohio Republican’s comments “complete and unparalleled bull‑‑‑‑.
Vance, in an interview with former White House aide Steve Bannon earlier Monday, said some lawmakers are seeking to cut Social Security benefits for more aid to Ukraine which he argued would be used to by one of the Ukrainian Ministers Volodymyr Zelensky to “buy a big boat”.
When asked about Vance’s comments later Monday, Tillis told reporters, “I think it’s bull—–.”
“If you’re talking about giving money to Ukrainian ministers – and not milking cows-‑‑‑,” Tillis said. “It’s not a useful conversation…it’s not very interesting.”
On Sunday, Vance reaffirmed his opposition to sending more aid to Ukraine and said he did not believe Ukraine would be able to defeat Russia. He argued that the US needs to accept that Ukraine may need to “give up some territory” to stop the war with Russia and asked how billions of additional aid to Ukraine would help the affected country.
Submitted to Tillis’ criticism later on Monday, Vance said he believes Ukraine is “one of the most corrupt countries in Europe.”
“We know that a lot of people are rich in Ukraine, and … I think it’s crazy if you don’t think they’re rich with some of our money,” Vance told reporters.
Maintaining that Tillis is “one of his favorite friends,” Vance said the North Carolina Republican “isn’t really alive.”
“Well, it’s not good that Thom Tillis is mad at us,” Vance told reporters Monday, adding later, “But with all due respect to Thom, he’s not he lives in reality. There is no reasonable way at the end of this war to return Ukraine to 1991 or 2014. It is not … it is not necessary; it is not a good thing.”
“This is the reality we live in, and if you don’t accept it, you will never be able to force negotiations that will end this.”
Vance was one of the Republican senators who last week blocked a bill that would have provided aid to Ukraine and Israel for their conflicts against Russia and the Hamas group.
The $111 billion additional emergency funding requested by President Biden in October, which also included aid for the Indo-Pacific region and funding for humanitarian aid in Gaza, addition to the southern border of America and drug trafficking.
The Senate Republicans who voted against the bill cited the lack of border provisions and have continued to argue to hold off the vote until satisfactory provisions are added to the bill.
As Ukraine’s war with Moscow approaches its two-year anniversary this winter, some politicians, like Vance, have refused to continue funding the war-torn country.
During this week’s trip to the United States, Zelensky will meet on Tuesday with Biden, along with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, where they will likely discuss the financial freeze. .
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