{"id":64768,"date":"2023-08-24T16:28:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/24\/gop-debates-ukraine-rift-previews-congress-upcoming-aid-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:00:01","slug":"gop-debates-ukraine-rift-previews-congress-upcoming-aid-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2023\/08\/24\/gop-debates-ukraine-rift-previews-congress-upcoming-aid-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP debate\u2019s Ukraine rift previews Congress\u2019 upcoming aid fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Republican presidential candidates sparred over continuing Ukraine assistance during their first 2024 debate Tuesday night, highlighting the fractious intraparty divide in the House over President Joe Biden\u2019s request for a fifth aid package to the war-torn country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy argued in favor of ending Ukraine aid, putting them at odds with former Vice President Mike Pence, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discussion<b> <\/b>mirrored arguments that have played out on Capitol Hill for nearly a year, with the fate of Biden\u2019s latest $24 billion Ukraine aid request uncertain in the hands of a Republican-held House largely influenced by the conservative Freedom Caucus. Biden\u2019s recent request includes $13 billion for the Pentagon to backfill U.S. weapons sent to Ukraine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will have Europe pull their weight,\u201d said DeSantis. \u201cOur support should be contingent on them doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeSantis said he would<b> <\/b>devote more resources into countering China. And Ramaswamy said he would put those funds toward the southern border, likening Russia\u2019s bloody invasion \u2014 which has killed thousands of Ukrainian civilians \u2014 to migrant crossings at the U.S. southern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is disastrous,\u201d said Ramaswamy. \u201cWe are protecting an invasion across somebody else\u2019s border when we should use those same military resources to<b> <\/b>prevent &#8230; the invasion of our own southern border here in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/04\/11\/from-ukraine-to-debt-ceiling-its-a-balancing-act-to-pass-fy24-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">$61.4 billion in military aid for Ukraine over four separate funding packages Congress passed<\/a> since the war began last year includes heavy artillery like HIMARs and munitions like anti-tank missiles \u2014 equipment not used in border patrol operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Donald Trump, who did not attend the debate, also opposes continuing Ukraine aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/04\/politics\/cnn-poll-ukraine\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">August CNN-SSRS poll<\/a> found that 71% Republicans oppose Congress passing new Ukraine aid, while 62% of Democrats favor more assistance for Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/09\/16\/how-a-republican-rift-on-ukraine-could-complicate-future-aid-packages\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., voted for Ukraine aid last year<\/a>, but in recent months has repeatedly shot down calls for another assistance package to Kyiv or any other additional military spending that would circumvent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/05\/29\/debt-ceiling-agreement-locks-in-bidens-proposed-defense-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">the $886 billion defense budget caps in the debt ceiling agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several conservative lawmakers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/01\/04\/mccarthys-troubled-speaker-bid-raises-questions-about-ukraine\/#:~:text=Kevin%20McCarthy%2C%20R%2DCalif.,Texas%2C%20nominated%20fellow%20Republican%20Rep.\" target=\"_blank\">the Freedom Caucus raised Ukraine as one of their sticking points with McCarthy<\/a> in his contentious speakership race in January. The weeklong stale mate ended when McCarthy won over the right flank of the caucus with numerous concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further complicating matters, the Freedom Caucus has threatened to block passage next month of a short-term funding bill needed to avoid a partial government shutdown unless they receive a series of concessions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/08\/22\/government-shutdown-could-hinge-on-fight-over-woke-military-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\">an end to unspecified \u201cwoke\u201d military policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy\u2019s precarious position puts him at odds with Senate<b> <\/b>Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has joined Senate Republicans in calling for more aid to Kyiv as well as additional defense spending beyond the debt ceiling caps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at the debate, Pence, Haley and Christie used many of the same arguments employed by McConnell to support continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnybody that thinks we can\u2019t solve the problems here in the United States and be the leader of the free world has a pretty small view of the world,\u201d said Pence. He invoked former President Ronald Reagan to vaunt the U.S. as \u201cthe leader of the free world and the arsenal of democracy,\u201d while stating that Russian<b> <\/b>President Vladimir Putin wants to \u201creestablish the old Soviet sphere of influence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haley said the U.S. has given less than 3.5% of its defense budget to Ukraine, and pointed out that \u201cif you look at the percentage per GDP, 11 of the European countries have given more than the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christie sided with Haley and Pence. Sen. 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