Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., of the Armed Services Committee warned Monday that the war in Ukraine is "costing American taxpayers an arm and a leg," and declared, "We have to get this conflict over with."
"Right now would be a great time to negotiate over in Ukraine and Moscow to get this thing stopped, because they pretty much have a stalemate as we speak," Tuberville said on "Kudlow." There’s not going to be a lot of fighting happening. We have got to get this conflict over with. It is costing American taxpayers an arm and a leg, and it’s costing a lot of lives in Ukraine and Russia. There is no reason to have this."
After a devastating terror attack on Oct. 7, the Israel-Palestinian conflict has eclipsed the war in Ukraine as the major conflict being discussed on the international stage. Many American politicians, facing their own economic hardships at home, are at odds about how foreign aid should be divided going forward.
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House Republicans have rolled out a bill giving $14.3 billion in aid to Israel, while cutting into cash President Biden allocated toward the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last year. The bill put newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. at odds with the Democrat-controlled Senate and White House, both of which are pushing for Israel aid to be tied with dollars for Ukraine’s defense against Russia.
After FOX Business host Larry Kudlow spoke about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements rejecting the idea of a ceasefire, his guest Tuberville derided the state of the world amid Biden’s presidency.
"If you’re talking about chaos, Larry, there is chaos all over the world, and I don’t think Joe Biden can spell ‘chaos,’ but he’s managed to ride the fence long enough, to put everybody, I mean everybody around the world, in harm’s way," he said.
Tuberville noted that Hamas truly "went a step too far" with its attack on civilians, declaring America needs to support its ally and "give them money," adding, "We’ll probably have some kind of a vote on that this week."
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Tuberville made a key distinction that he supports defending the national security of the United States itself as well, warning the conflict in Israel may be a harbinger of attacks in America.
"Now I’m also for giving money, but I’m also closing our border, because Larry, the first thing that we should have done as soon as this happened is close our borders," he said. "There are over 2-300,000 Middle Eastern people that have crossed that border in the last two-and-a-half years. We’re in trouble, this country is in trouble. We’re gonna have a 9/11 a month if we don’t watch it, but Joe Biden couldn’t care less. His administration is asleep at the wheel."
"Now I’m also for giving money, but I’m also closing our border, because Larry, the first thing that we should have done as soon as this happened is close our borders," he said. "There are over 2-300,000 Middle Eastern people that have crossed that border in the last two-and-a-half years. We’re in trouble, this country is in trouble. We’re gonna have a 9/11 a month if we don’t watch it, but Joe Biden couldn’t care less. His administration is asleep at the wheel."
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