The analysis by a conservative group highlights the growing divide between House Republican leadership and some of the most prominent members of the House Freedom Caucus.
in aid for Ukraine. While Senate leaders have indicated support for the supplemental funding, several members of the House have said they would not back more aid for the Eastern European democracy as it struggles to win a definitive victory in its counteroffensive.
Recent public opinion surveys suggest that Americans’ support for Ukraine is moving in the same direction. Among Republicans specifically, 56 percent released last month that U.S. assistance to Ukraine should be decreased — up from the 38 percent who said the same in December.Share this article“We want to see the war end,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Wednesday. “And it could end today, obviously, if [Russian President Vladimir] Putin would do the right thing and just get the hell out. That’s clearly not going to happen right now.
In contrast, three of the most high-profile members of the Freedom Caucus — Reps. Lauren Boebert , Paul A. Gosar and Jim Jordan — and a prominent former member, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene , each received an F.Wednesday that “not a single penny” of U.S. taxpayer dollars should go to a “proxy war” in Ukraine.
“I’ll proudly hang that report card up in my office,” Greene told The Washington Post in a statement. “When the America Last grading system awards an A for putting another country’s borders before our own, I’m happy to receive an F.”Spokespeople for McCarthy, Scalise, Emmer, Stefanik, Palmer, Boebert, Gosar and Jordan did not respond to requests for comment.
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