{"id":2021208,"date":"2023-09-04T05:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T09:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heritage-foundation-head-defends-think-tanks-reaganite-credentials-on-ukraine-aid\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T05:22:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T09:22:35","slug":"heritage-foundation-head-defends-think-tanks-reaganite-credentials-on-ukraine-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heritage-foundation-head-defends-think-tanks-reaganite-credentials-on-ukraine-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Foundation leader defends think tank&#8217;s Reaganite stance on Ukraine aid."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fheritage-foundation-head-defends-think-tanks-reaganite-credentials-on-ukraine-aid%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=2021208&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--><h2>A Top Conservative Think Tank Criticizes Congress for Aid to Ukraine and Disaster Relief<\/h2>\n<p>A top conservative think tank, The Heritage Foundation, has recently voiced its criticism of Congress for\u200b pushing \u2062through continued aid to Ukraine and potentially tying it to disaster aid for Hawaii following the deadly wildfires.<\/p>\n<h3>Pushing Back Against Critics<\/h3>\n<p>The Heritage Foundation is now pushing back against critics who argue that their stance on the Ukraine war contradicts the conservatism of former President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think what some people in town are finding unusual is that Heritage is calling them out for equating Reagan&#8217;s peace \u2062through strength with something that has never been congruous with that \u2014 and \u2064that\u200b is that \u200bwe \u2064spend money however [and] whenever we want, with no conversation about \u200bwhen we stop spending that money, and for that\u2063 matter \u200cwhat\u2062 the strategic \u2063objective is,&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts explained in an interview with the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not peace through strength. In\u2063 fact,\u200c it&#8217;s a \u200broad to being very weak,&#8221; he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Concerns Over Biden&#8217;s Request for Emergency Funding<\/h3>\n<p>President Joe Biden has requested $40 billion in emergency funding from Congress to cover various matters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-warns-of-russia-arms-deal-with-n-korea\/\" title=\"US warns of Russia arms deal with N. Korea\">including continued support<\/a> for Ukraine. Approximately $24 \u200bbillion of the requested sum would go to Ukraine to aid \u200cin its war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has also expressed concerns about its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heritage-foundation-head-defends-think-tanks-reaganite-credentials-on-ukraine-aid\/\" title=\"Heritage Foundation leader defends think tank's Reaganite stance on Ukraine aid.\">low disaster relief fund<\/a>, which the emergency package would address. The recent\u200b wildfire\u200d in Hawaii has already prompted a response from FEMA due to the significant damage and displacement.<\/p>\n<p>However, Heritage \u200cFoundation President Kevin Roberts sees Biden&#8217;s request as \u200da serious concern. He stated, &#8220;There can&#8217;t even be an up or \u200bdown vote on a stand-alone \u2062bill\u2064 on disaster and emergency\u200b relief. It&#8217;s being\u2063 paired, by the president and\u2064 his allies in Congress, with the Ukraine aid. That does injustice to both policy questions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Missing Piece: Conversation and\u200b Transparency<\/h3>\n<p>Roberts\u200b emphasized that the missing piece in these kinds of packages \u200dis conversation and transparency. He believes that even if the outcome\u2062 is \u2062not ideal,\u200d as long as a conversation has occurred in the legislature,\u2062 he \u2064would be able to accept it.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Foundation is demanding that aid to Ukraine be cut off until the Biden \u200badministration provides &#8220;a\u2062 direct and\u2062 immediate path to end the conflict in Ukraine and Congress comes \u2063up\u2063 with a way to ensure that our aid is responsibly distributed,&#8221; as Roberts wrote in an op-ed last week.<\/p>\n<h3>Consistency and Commitment to Limited Government<\/h3>\n<p>Roberts maintained that Heritage has been consistent for 50 years in its commitment to limited government and limited spending at the\u2063 federal level. He explained, &#8220;The main reason that President Reagan called us his think tank is because of our commitment to limited government \u2064and limited spending at the federal level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the importance of transparency in spending taxpayer money, citing President Reagan as an example of someone who was always transparent about the reasons behind spending and\u200d the endgame.<\/p>\n<h3>Preparing \u200dfor\u2063 the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Roberts drew a distinction between the Soviet Union\u200b during the Cold\u2062 War and Russia today. He stated, &#8220;Russia is not the threat that the Soviet \u2063Union was in\u2063 the 1970s. China has taken that \u2062place. And we need to be prepared as a people not just\u2064 to defend our ally Taiwan, but\u200b to be able to defend our own people against this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He expressed concern that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-education-department-has-closer-ties-to-crt-group-than-they-admit\/\" title=\"REPORT: Biden\u2019s Education Department Has Closer Ties To CRT Group Than They Admit\">high-ranking officials<\/a> in the Pentagon are focused on fighting the last war rather than preparing for the next one.<\/p>\n<h3>Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Stance<\/h3>\n<p>Heritage Foundation debuted an ad opposing the Ukraine\u200c aid during the first Republican debate. While the issue sparked disagreement among the presidential\u2062 candidates, Roberts wished they \u200chad focused more on the questions raised by the think tank.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts concluded by stating, &#8220;We&#8217;re 100% steadfast that until and unless we have a strategy, we \u200chave an endgame, there&#8217;s transparency on the money and real \u200caccountability, we will remain 100% opposed every single time this comes \u2064up in Congress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from \u2062the \u200bWashington \u200dExaminer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heritage Foundation, a leading conservative think tank, faces criticism for supporting ongoing aid to Ukraine and potentially linking it to disaster aid for Hawaii. 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