Democrats who waved Ukrainian flags in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives were derided by critics, who called the display 'disgusting' and a 'disgrace.'
House Democrats have come under fire for waving the Ukrainian flag in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives during a vote to approve $60 billion in aid for the country’s defense. 'Ukrainian flags fly in the chamber of the UNITED STATES House of Representatives as they vote to send more of your hard-earned money to a corrupt foreign regime,' Sen Rand Paul, R-Ky., said in a post on X Saturday.
while happily working to secure Ukraine’s borders, not ours.' Paul’s post comes after the House approved a spending package that will send $60 billion to Ukraine to aid in its defense against Russia’s invasion, part of an overall $95 billion foreign aid plan that also includes additional aid for Israel.
While the package itself, which passed in a 311 to 112 vote, faced fierce opposition among some lawmakers, others took particular offense to a moment at the end of the vote when Democrats began passing around Ukrainian flags to wave as the timer on the vote expired. The move was a violation of House protocol, according to Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y., who presided over the vote and told those waving the flags that the display was 'inappropriate.
The display was also derided by Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 'I remember as a 12 year old waking up in downtown Oakland and realizing our car had been broken into and the $1.50 I was relying on to buy a McDonald’s breakfast sandwich had been stolen,' Shanahan said on X. 'Watching our leadership today send $60B to Ukraine while waving another nation’s flag is gut-wrenching.
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