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GOP Senate candidate says no to Ukraine aid until border wall built

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  • 28 Feb 2024 09:00
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The candidate notes that he "absolutely, positively" is on board with lumping the Ukraine aid and border security aid into one bill.

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  • John Rust speaks with reporters following oral arguments before the Indiana Supreme Court at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP)
    John Rust speaks with reporters following oral arguments before the Indiana Supreme Court at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP)

US Republican candidate for the Senate John Rust argued that Ukraine should not be given any more funds by the US until a wall is built on the entire southern border to tackle the border crisis.

"The issue I have with Ukraine is you have to fund our own border first before we go and fund Ukraine's border," Rust told Sputnik, adding, "I'm not for sending any money to Ukraine until our own southern border wall is built completely and funded completely from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean."

He noted that he "absolutely, positively" is on board for lumping the Ukraine aid and border security aid into one bill.

Earlier this month, the Senate voted down a bigger $118 billion supplemental funding plan that covered border and immigration policies, as well as international aid and national security funds, after Republican lawmakers rejected the previous bill for $95 billion as it entails over $60 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for "Israel."

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This comes after Representative Matt Gaetz urged the US to withdraw from the United Nations and cut off funding to the international organization to fund "Israel’s" war on Gaza instead.

“We shouldn’t have any foreign aid to any other country without corresponding cuts to our own bloated federal budget,” he said, adding, “If you want to send aid to Israel, fine, pay for it by defunding the United Nations.”

“I want the UN to be zeroed out in our budget. The US should be out of the UN, and the UN should be out of the US.”

“How about take the money away from the entity that had some of their own people attacking and killing Israelis?” he asked. “It seems like a good offset.”

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The poll revealed that 44% of respondents are more likely or significantly more likely to support #Texas becoming a fully independent country.

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