{"id":1355824,"date":"2022-03-02T21:08:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T02:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355824"},"modified":"2022-03-02T21:09:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T02:09:03","slug":"three-republicans-vote-against-resolution-that-could-call-for-american-troops-in-russia-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-republicans-vote-against-resolution-that-could-call-for-american-troops-in-russia-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Republicans Vote Against Resolution that Could Call for American Troops in Russia Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthree-republicans-vote-against-resolution-that-could-call-for-american-troops-in-russia-conflict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/thomas-massie-matt-rosendale-paul-goasr-ap-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Three House Republicans voted against a resolution on Wednesday that conservatives argued was so broad it could call to commit American troops to the conflict and for the United States to be in conflict with Russia \u201cforever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House overwhelmingly passed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-resolution\/956\/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22res.+956%22%2C%22res.%22%2C%22956%22%5D%7D&#038;r=1&#038;s=1\"> H. Res. 956<\/a>, 426 to 3. Only three Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Matt Rosendale (R-MT), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) voted against it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Massie, a supporter of a non-interventionist foreign policy, said the resolution calls for \u201cimmediate defensive security assistance\u201d to Ukraine, which is so overly broad that it could call to commit American troops to the fight on behalf of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky conservative also said the resolution\u2019s call to \u201cfully isolate\u201d the \u201cPutin regime\u201d would hurt low-income Americans hurting from inflation and Russians who may not agree with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Biden admitted during his State of the Union address on Tuesday that the sanctions on Putin and Russia will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/01\/full-text-president-joe-bidens-state-of-the-union-address\/\">raise<\/a> prices.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(3\/7) It expands the geographic scope of the US commitment to the conflict in Ukraine by condemning the country of Belarus. We should not be seeking to name new enemies or committing to overturning other governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1499169388955590668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Massie warned that the sanctions could even embolden Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrippling sanctions could also drive Putin to become more desperate, inciting him to resort to drastic measures such as escalating the weapons employed or the people targeted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Massie warned that the bill could symbolically commit the United States to \u201cforever\u201d be in conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt calls for continuing support \u201cas long as the Russian Federation continues to violate Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty.\u201d Depending on the definition of \u201cviolate,\u201d this could be a US commitment to forever be actively engaged in a conflict with another nuclear country.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(7\/7) It calls for continuing support \u201cas long as the Russian Federation continues to violate Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty.\u201d Depending on the definition of \u201cviolate,\u201d this could be a US commitment to forever be actively engaged in a conflict with another nuclear country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1499169395184214022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Republicans\u2019 opposition to further getting Americans involved in the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/27\/cpac-straw-poll-8-in-10-call-illegal-immigration-a-greater-problem-for-u-s-than-russia-ukraine-conflict\/\">conflict<\/a> falls in line with former President Donald Trump\u2019s America First foreign policy vision. This was most recently exemplified at the Conservative Political Action Conference, in which more than 8-in-10 attendees called illegal immigration a \u201cgreater problem\u201d than Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Never Trump Republican Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) did not approve of the three conservatives\u2019 vote against the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaul Gosar, Rosendale, and Thomas Massie just voted NO in the house of reps on a resolution supporting the people of Ukraine,\u201d the Never Trump Republican said. \u201cUnreal.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paul Gosar, Rosendale, and Thomas Massie just voted NO in the house of reps on a resolution supporting the people of Ukraine.  Unreal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamKinzinger\/status\/1499128664826523651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) said in response to Kinzinger, \u201cTalk to me when our border is secure.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Talk to me when our border is secure. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0OXQ8wQVqo\">https:\/\/t.co\/0OXQ8wQVqo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepGosar\/status\/1499150140984020992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rosendale\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/117\/hr6648\/cosponsors\">proposed<\/a> the Secure America\u2019s Borders First Act, which would ban the use of federal dollars to assist Ukraine until America can secure the southern border. The bill even calls for the wall to be at least 30 feet high.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Bob Good (R-VA), Gosar, Jody Hice (R-GA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Bill Posey (R-FL), and Randy Weber (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/117\/hr6648\/cosponsors\">cosponsored<\/a> the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Rosendale said on Tuesday, \u201cThe American people are sick and tired of career politicians consistently putting the interests of foreign nations above our own. We must put America first \u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The American people are sick and tired of career politicians consistently putting the interests of foreign nations above our own, we must put America first \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tHPyoNb4zH\">https:\/\/t.co\/tHPyoNb4zH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Rosendale (@RepRosendale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRosendale\/status\/1498762524627460097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMoran3\"><span><i>@SeanMoran3<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three House Republicans voted against a resolution on Wednesday that conservatives argued was so broad it could call to commit American troops to the conflict and for the United States<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}