today s republican party exists in is that there s a so-called deep state and that is out to persecute the ex-president, his allies and other conservatives. now having managed to become house speaker by the skin of his teeth, kevin mccarthy is enacting an agenda based entirely off of that warped and delusional world view. one of his first acts, removing congressman adam schiff and eric swalwell from the house intelligence committee. mccarthy denied it had anything to do with the fact that they are critics of a disgraced twice impeached ex-president and his allies. the cardinal sin appears to be i led the impeachment of his master in mar-a-lago, for withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid in ukraine, a nation that was then at war with russia, in order to extort that country and to help donald trump s re-election campaign. you are seeing the fulfillment of kevin mccarthy s corrupt bargain, with marjorie taylor greene, somebody who declared on january 5,
job. and we need to stop being self-deterred and self-intimidated by vladimir putin. but to your point i wish i shared admiral kirby s optimism about the congressional opposition. i think people ought to be very, very worried. i know vladimir putin is looking at the calender and he s seeing there s an election year. and we know those sound bites you played of matt gaetz, marjorie taylor greene and massy, that is the id of the republican party and they control the house of representatives right now. this is the id, and i think what vladimir putin is looking at is thinking if i can hold out long enough, if i can keep this thing going i can break european will and the american political environment may change. we may get republicans back in power. donald trump is running for president again. i think he s confident that that would mark a dramatic reversal and a withdrawal. look, when donald trump embraced the slogan american first it
our country comes first. the entire infrastructure of this country, the roads and bridges, the real infrastructure, we don t spend on much as that here as we ve spent on ukraine in nine months. i think that s despicable. the days of endless cash and military material to ukraine are numbered. i will not vote for one more dollar to ukraine. i will not vote for one more piece of material to ukraine. so, again, we re not we don t have a scoop here. they said it out loud. even when president zelenskyy spoke before a joint session of congress last month representatives matt gaetz and lauren boebert refused to clap when he walked into the chamber. congressman clyde did not participant in one of the standing ovations, and congressman tom massy, mr. infrastructure is everything, we re checking to see if he voted for it or not, didn t
it s completely deplorable what mr. putin has been willing to visit upon the ukrainian people in an effort to terrorize them, in an effort to scare them, in an effort to cow them into giving hup. the ukrainians are stepping up, the bravery and courage is inspiring to see in the wake of so much violence. we ve got to make sure we re working to protect themselves from those assaults as much as we can. we re also working hard to help rebuild their energy infrastructure, to keep the lights on. so we re sending all kinds of equipment and technical assistance their way so that they can better, you know, repair these damaged infrastructure facilities. we played some of the sound of some of the newly ascendant if that s the right word to use about matt gaetz and
3,000 meters in the dark while moving, so i think our level of effort is not even remotely in the ballpark. wow. it s always a truth bomb with you. charlie, i ve got another truth bomb. the sound i played coming in here republican congressman named congressman mass ae, his reason for thought wanting to spend another dime on aid to ukraine military or otherwise was because, quote, we ve got roads and bridges here. the infrastructure package made its way through the house and the senate and massy voted against it. so the reasons aren t even true reasons. he s not interested in spending money on roads and bridges in america either. no. and i think that that s you re going to see that kind of hypocrisy over and over again. to the general s point, though, i share his frustration it s taken so long for us to do this. we need to give the ukrainians the tools so they can finish the