Showing just how broken Washington, D.C., and Congress are, Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., lamented on Newsmax how a government shutdown stops pay for American troops, but not Ukrainians.
"I think we're going to remove the Ukraine funding out of it as we should, but here's the irony of it: As a government shutdown, our troops don't get paid, but Ukrainian troops do; how ironic is that?" Zinke, a former Navy SEAL and Secretary of the Interior during the Trump administration, said on Wednesday's "Wake Up America."
Funding the military and protecting the border must come before Congress debates on curbing other massive Democrat spending agenda items. Furthermore, funding for Ukraine must be dealt with separately from U.S. national security funding, Zinke urged. The lack of a plan or objectives for victory makes sending a "blank check" to Ukraine unwise, according to Zinke.
The time for a publicly outlined set of objectives is long overdue from President Joe Biden, particularly amid repeated funding asks, Zinke continued. "And what this bill does, the border security bill, is basically, you know, it looks about 32 feet high and about 1,000 miles long and empowers the Border Patrol and ICE to do their duty, and it gives surveillance upfront.
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