The Florida congressman has been pushing to halt aid to Ukraine for its fight against Russia, but supports funding Israel.
Rep. Matt Gaetz's support for billions in aid to Israel has raised questions, since he and other hard-right Republicans have been pushing to halt all aid to Ukraine.Israel, now in its fourth day of war, has stepped up airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel and other supplies in retaliation for a bloody incursion by Hamas militants on Saturday.
'We must suspend all foreign aid for the War in Ukraine and demand that all combatants in this conflict reach a peace agreement immediately.'MSNBC's Ja'han Jones wrote in a blog post that 'the GOP's foreign aid charade has just been exposed.'Gaetz and other Republicans 'have threatened to shut down the federal government over aid to Ukraine,' Jones noted.
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