Marjorie Taylor Greene's Furious Reaction After Ukraine Aid Passes

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, decried the House of Representatives for passing a Ukraine aid bill on Saturday.

As Ukraine continues to fight against the full-scale invasion that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched in February 2022, the United States has proven to be a strong ally to Kyiv, with the House passing a $60.8 billion aid bill on Saturday to help restock its arsenal.

After months of U.S. lawmakers urging House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, to take up legislation that would help fund Ukraine, Johnson worked to get it passed in a 311-112 vote.

There was some resistance from Republican lawmakers who opposed additional aid to the war-torn nation, with Johnson having to rely on the help of Democrats. In total, 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans voted in favor of the bill, while 112 Republicans voted against it.

Greene has been an outspoken critic on providing additional aid to Ukraine and introduced an unprivileged motion to vacate Johnson as House speaker last month for his handling of foreign funding and lack of securing the U.S.-Mexico border.

After Ukraine aid was passed in the House, Greene posted a video to X, formerly Twitter, showing her collogues in the House chamber waving Ukrainian flags.

"Mike Johnson's House of Representatives so proud to work for Ukraine. Not the American people!!! It's despicable!" the congresswoman wrote Saturday afternoon.

Around the time that Greene shared the video, Jake Sherman, founder of Punchbowl News, wrote on X that Greene "is now booing Democrats who are waving Ukrainian flags."

He also reported that Representative Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, yelled at Democrats waving the flags and that Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican who was not recognized to speak at the moment, said into the microphone, "Put those damn flags away."

Meanwhile, upon leaving the Capitol on Saturday, Greene told reporters: "This is the sellout of America today. When we had members of Congress in there waving the Ukrainian flag on the United States House of Representatives floor while we're doing nothing to secure our border, I think every American in this country should be furious."

When asked if she will call for a vote to oust Johnson, Greene said, "I'm actually going to let my colleagues go home and hear from their constituents because I think people have been too obsessed with voting for foreign wars and the murder industry here in America to actually understand how angry Americans are."

So far, Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, and Representative Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican, have joined Greene's effort to oust Johnson.

Meanwhile, Johnson has said he's not resigning and called any attempt to oust him as speaker "absurd."

Johnson did also take up border bill that had key components of H.R. 2, a tough on immigration bill that passed in the House last May, but was blocked by the Senate. However, it failed on Saturday in a 215-199, since it needed a two-thirds majority to pass.

Speaking to Sherman on Thursday, he said: "We want the border to be a part of every single thing we do here, but it's just a matter of math. I just don't have the votes. If I put Ukraine in any package, it can't also be with border because I lose Republican votes on that rule."

Newsweek reached out to Greene's and Johnson's offices via email for comment.

The House also passed a $8.1 billion aid bill to help the Indo-Pacific region combat Chinese aggression and a $26.4 billion aid package for Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas, which includes $9.2 billion in humanitarian assistance.

On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said, "If the House sends us a supplemental package, the Senate will move expeditiously to send it to the president's desk."

President Joe Biden has already shown support for the foreign aid legislation, saying on Wednesday, "I will sign this into law immediately to send a message to the world: we stand with our friends, and we won't let Iran or Russia succeed."