Rep. Chip Roy recently sounded off on the group of GOP senators who supported the foreign aid package. Republicans have criticized the bill for prioritizing foreign policy interests, such as Ukraine and Israel, instead of impending domestic crises, such as the rampant illegal immigration flowing over the southern border.
The Texas representative denounced 22 Republicans in the Senate for supporting the legislation despite insufficient support for the border. Roy stated, “I think I might submit a bill pretty soon to rename Texas to Ukraine. Then maybe this administration and senators will work on securing the border of the United States.”
Roy further condemned the upper chamber for misallocating American taxpayer dollars to international priorities that do not reflect the interests of the American public. He doubled down, calling for the Senate to cease funding overseas wars while the border remains open.
“I’ve never seen the nursing home known as the United States Senate work harder than when it comes to spending the American people’s money for foreign wars. That’s what’s going on here. And by the way, is there anything more cynical than having Republicans sitting around defending their votes to send $60 billion to Ukraine, than saying that it will help our defense-industrial base, that will help American businesses. Since when do we have economic development that is being driven by funding war overseas? That’s what’s happening in the U.S. Senate, because anybody that’s sane and sees what’s happening at our southern border would know that you cannot fund foreign wars, while our border is wide open and exposed to criminals and lawlessness and terrorists that are coming across the border,” Roy added.
Roy praised Governor Abbott for his initiatives to secure the southern border amid the lack of leadership from the Biden administration. While Texas may be diverting illegal immigrants to other states, he claims the current number of migrants crossing the border is nonetheless unsustainable.
“We’re still feeling it in Texas, even though, thanks to Governor Abbott and those that have been fighting down in Eagle Pass, most of the numbers are now heading to Arizona and California. But this is an ongoing problem. You know, 7,000 cross the other day, 139 of them were Chinese foreign nationals. That’s where the priority of the American people is. That’s where my priority is. And I think that is where the priority is for Speaker Mike Johnson. He was pretty clear yesterday that this abomination of a bill that came out of the Senate, that those 22 Republicans should not have voted for, that that bill will be dead when it comes to the House,” he said.
Speaker Mike Johnson recently slammed the piece of legislation, calling out the Senate for not effectively securing the border. “House Republicans were crystal clear from the very beginning of discussions that any so-called national security supplemental legislation must recognize that national security begins at our own border. The House acted ten months ago to help enact transformative policy change by passing the Secure Our Border Act, and since then, including today, the Senate has failed to meet the moment,” he said.
Watch Speaker Johnson speak to FNC’s Laura Ingraham about the Senate’s failed border deal here:
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