Washington, DC — Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says the U.S. should stop humanitarian aid to Ukraine and focus on providing more military equipment.
Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, served 23 years in the Iowa National Guard and Army Reserve. Ernst says it’s important to our own national security to provide Ukraine with what it needs to defeat the Russians.
The Biden Administration last month gave the go-ahead for NATO allies in Europe to provide F-16 fighter jets and air defense systems to Ukraine.
Since the war began in February of last year, the U.S. has provided $75 billion in aid to Ukraine, most of it military assistance. Ernst says our European allies are better positioned to provide food and other humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Ernst made her comments during a debate series sponsored by the Edward Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. Her hour-long conversation with a Democratic senator from New Hampshire will air Sunday night on Fox News.
(Courtesy of FOX, Sunday Broadcast.)
