In an interview Sunday, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace said lawmakers will need to find balance in aiding Ukraine as US President Joe Biden questions her partys commitment to helping combat the Russian invasion.
Mace, appearing on State of the Union, was asked by CNNs Jake Tapper whether she supported House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthys assertion that the GOP would not write a blank check to Ukraine if they are in the majority.
It is something that were going to have to find balance on next year, she said, due to the threat of a recession and Republican promises to cut government spending.
If we keep keep writing these blank checks to other countries, if we increase the deficit spending or government spending any more than we already have, were going to we are going to exacerbate the situation, Mace continued. But make no mistake. Ukraine is very important, not only to the United States economy, but to countries all around the world.
She said Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost his marbles, but argued McCarthys comments do not risk further emboldening him. Instead, she pointed at US infighting as a whole.
The divisions that we have, and unwilling to work together on some of these issues and just the fighting, it makes us look weak on the world stage, she told Tapper.
Biden questions Republican commitment: Biden has seized on McCarthys comments and similar remarks from some Republicans, framing the position as undermining US leadership in an increasingly volatile world.
These guys dont get it, Biden said at a fundraiser in Philadelphia Thursday. Its a lot bigger than Ukraine its Eastern Europe, its NATO. Its real, serious, serious consequential outcomes. They have no sense of American foreign policy.
