Briefly Noted: GOP Pushback Against Zelensky

It may seem a small thing, but …

Andrei Martyanov reports:

So, There Is Still Some Honor Left...

 ... and that is a hopeful sign, despite modern GOP infested with chicken-hawks and neocons, aka RINOs.  

Only 86 out of 213 Republican members of the US House of Representatives showed up to hear Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky address Congress in Washington on Wednesday, according to The Hill. The snub occurred after the House Foreign Affairs Committee narrowly rejected the proposal for an audit of military and other aid to Ukraine earlier this month. Zelensky’s visit to the US was his first trip abroad after Russia launched a military campaign in the neighboring state in late February. He thanked the US for the support and requested more heavy weapons, including tanks and aircraft. Some Republicans, however, have been demanding more transparency from the government when it comes to helping Ukraine. “Sadly, what I didn’t hear tonight was a clear explanation of where the first $50 billion we sent to support their efforts went,” Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who attended Zelensky’s speech, said in a video message on Twitter. She said that she would “not support sending additional money to this war” until an audit was completed.

I read somewhere that Kev McCarthy skipped most of the functions surrounding Zelensky’s lobbying. I was pleased to note this morning, too, that Alex Mercouris agrees with my view that Zelensky was brought to the US to, in effect, lobby on behalf of the Omnibus Spending Bill. The whole thing was a disgrace, but we’re getting used to that. At least some GOPers saw through that and took offense.

Here is Zelensky receiving an attaboy for his contributions to US liberal politics:

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