{"id":1969814,"date":"2023-07-11T15:15:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-matt-gaetz-backs-democrat-led-effort-to-block-biden-admin-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:16:03","slug":"rep-matt-gaetz-backs-democrat-led-effort-to-block-biden-admin-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-matt-gaetz-backs-democrat-led-effort-to-block-biden-admin-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Gaetz supports bipartisan effort to prevent Biden Admin from supplying Ukraine with cluster munitions."},"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\">30<\/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%2Frep-matt-gaetz-backs-democrat-led-effort-to-block-biden-admin-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine%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=1969814&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0711\/b72a6ae9-71cf-4354-bc87-29b0a7920f9a\/audio.mp3?length=4311405&#038;duration=359\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A Democrat-led effort to stop the Biden administration from transferring cluster munitions to Ukraine is gaining bipartisan support, with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) offering to be the Republican co-sponsor on the effort.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, July 7, the Biden administration announced plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-faces-strong-opposition-from-his-own-party-on-cluster-munitions_5381807.html\">begin transferring to Ukraine a type of cluster munition<\/a> known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-assisting-ukraine-on-its-counteroffensive-plans\/\" title=\"U.S. Assisting Ukraine On Its Counteroffensive Plans\">dual-purpose improved conventional munition<\/a> (DPICM). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-matt-gaetz-backs-democrat-led-effort-to-block-biden-admin-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Rep. Gaetz supports bipartisan effort to prevent Biden Admin from supplying Ukraine with cluster munitions.\">plan quickly caught criticism<\/a> from members of the president\u2019s own party, citing concerns about the weapons, which release a cluster of dozens of submunitions that don\u2019t always immediately explode.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) were among those Democratic lawmakers who opposed the DPICM transfers to Ukraine. On Friday, Ms. Jacobs and Ms. Omar introduced an amendment (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000189-2cb8-d0a8-a59b-fff85df30000\">pdf<\/a>) to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would bar export licensing to transfer cluster munitions from the United States abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur international coalition is strong because we\u2019re united together and because we\u2019re living up to our values\u2014but sending cluster munitions defies these two tenets,\u201d Ms. Jacobs said in a July 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/sarajacobs.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=805\">press statement.<\/a> \u201cMany of our partners don\u2019t support this move with many having already banned cluster munitions from their stockpiles. We\u2019ve seen Russia\u2019s horrific use of cluster munitions in Ukraine\u2014and we shouldn\u2019t cede the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jr-tells-gop-to-get-tough-if-democrats-are-playing-hardball-then-we-got-to-play-hardball\/\" title=\"Trump Jr. Tells GOP To Get Tough: If Democrats Are \u2018Playing Hardball\u2019 Then \u2018We Got To Play Hardball\u2019\">moral high ground<\/a> by criticizing their actions and then deciding to send cluster munitions ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Omar said, \u201cIf the U.S. is going to be a leader on international human rights, we must not participate in human rights abuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Mr. Gaetz volunteered to be the Republican co-sponsor on Ms. Jacobs\u2019s amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats used to call the use of cluster bombs a war crime, and that war crime is now an American export. We\u2019ve just learned that there are some Democrats who are working against the Biden administration\u201d with regard to these munitions, Mr. Gaetz said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1678485019180822540\">segment<\/a> of his \u201cFirebrand\u201d podcast on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Gaetz noted he\u2019d criticized Ms. Jacobs \u201ca great deal\u201d in the past, but saw her opposition to sending cluster munitions to Ukraine as a common-ground issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to tell you is that I\u2019m going to be the Republican co-sponsor of the Jacobs amendment before the House Rules Committee,\u201d he added. \u201cWe have an opportunity, with bipartisanship, to stand against the warmongering Bidens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The risk of cluster munitions leaving behind small unexploded bomblets that are hard to track raises the concern that these bomblets may be triggered by innocent civilians later on. Mr. Gaetz said these cluster munitions have been used throughout \u201cthe world\u2019s bloodiest and most inhumane wars\u201d in places like Laos, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren will be left without limbs and without parents because of this decision by Joe Biden if we do not work together in a bipartisan fashion to stop it,\u201d Mr. Gaetz said.<\/p>\n<h2>Bipartisan Support, Opposition For Cluster Munitions Transfer<\/h2>\n<p>It remains to be seen which lawmakers will join in support of Ms. Jacobs\u2019s amendment. Several other Democratic lawmakers have spoken in opposition to the transfer of DPICMs to Ukraine, including Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.).<\/p>\n<p>Numerous Republicans have also spoken in opposition to providing weapons to Ukraine. Those who have specifically criticized the cluster munitions include&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan effort is emerging to halt the Biden administration&#8217;s transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine. Initially led by Democrats, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has now offered to co-sponsor the Republican side of the effort. 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