As the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continued, a scandal came to light.
Two Republican lawmakers quoted a report in the country's media that most of the weapons shipped to Kiev by the United States and other Western countries were not actually sent to the front line, which means that most aid to Ukraine is a "hoax" and that the arms shipments "fell into a big black hole" when they arrived in Ukraine, because the supply of weapons to the Ukrainian army requires a complex network of "power tycoons, oligarchs and politicians".
CBS News reported that only 30 percent of the Western weapons flowing into Ukraine were actually used on the front lines of the conflict with Russia in Kiev, so Republican lawmakers were right to oppose the $40 billion Ukraine aid program. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (Georgia Republican) retweeted the CBS News post on Twitter, saying, "This is one of the reasons I voted 'no'."
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green is one of 57 House Republicans after voting against the massive aid bill. In May, with the support of all Democrats and majority Republican lawmakers, the massive aid bill was passed by an overwhelming majority. There were 11 Republicans in the Senate who opposed the bill, which passed by an 86-11 margin.
CBS reported that since Russia began its military offensive in February, while the United States and Western Europe approved nearly $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, most weapons have failed to reach Ukrainian fighters. The media quoted Jonas Auman, founder of Lithuanian Aid, as saying that providing weapons to the army would require going through a complex network of "power tycoons, oligarchs and politicians." Donatella Rovella, senior crisis adviser at Amnesty International, also told CBS that there was "really no information" about where the weapons were going.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, Republican of Colorado, said the censorship had been dismissed before the CBS report, "How many people have been called Russian robots since March for saying exactly the same thing?" Now, when CBS says it, it's completely fine. Anyway, it's good that now the truth is out and most of the aid to Ukraine is a hoax. ”
Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, postponed a Senate vote on the Ukraine aid bill, insisting on adding a provision appointing an inspector general to oversee the use of funds. His colleagues refused to join the oversight request and passed the sprawling program a few days later. In An interview with CNN in April, a U.S. intelligence official said that arms shipments "fell into a big black hole" as soon as they arrived in Ukraine.
Green, Bobert and other lawmakers who voted against the aid bill were ridiculed by critics for failing to support Ukraine. Green also accused the U.S. government of focusing on providing billions of dollars of aid to Ukraine at a time when U.S. mothers couldn't even buy infant formula, with Democrats accusing her of "standing with President Putin in the face of Russian aggression." Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, said she was "repeating Putin's propaganda and disinformation" to "appease imperialist attacks on sovereign states."
The Georgia lawmaker also got into an argument with another Republican lawmaker. Earlier, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas, defended the Ukraine aid program, saying, "It seems to me that it is a good idea to invest in destroying our opponent's military without losing any of the U.S. troops." Still, Green shot back, "So you think we're funding a proxy war with Russia?" You speak as if the lives of Ukrainians should be abandoned, as if they are worthless and thrown away after they have been used. ”