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Gosar noted that the US should send tanks to the southern border as it is being invaded.
Following in the footsteps of the UK, Germany and the US agreed to send tanks and other military equipment to Ukraine to help fend off the Russian forces. The US is expected to send around 31 M1 tanks, while Germany is planning on sending 14 Leopard 2 A6s.
In response to the plans to send tanks to Ukraine, Gosar noted that these tanks would only be stationed on the southern border of the US. He said that his constituents are in Arizona, not Ukraine.
The US Border Patrol reported that in 48 hours, it encountered 16,000 migrants at the southern border. Many of them were gang members and sex offenders.
We shouldn't be sending tanks to Ukraine.
They belong on our southern border, where America is being invaded.
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) January 27, 2023
My constituents are in Arizona, not Ukraine.
The only invasion that I am concerned with is the invasion on our southern border.
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) January 28, 2023
In response to the growing conflict in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump warned the West against escalating the situation by sending tanks. In a statement posted on Thursday, Trump stated that the war should stop immediately.
Gosar maintained his support for the former president's message.
"He noted that the US should stop supporting the war in Ukraine and focus instead on finding a peaceful solution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Gosar also accused the US politicians of trying to provoke a war with Russia."
We need peace between Ukraine and Russia, not more American equipment, tanks, and endless blank checks to Ukraine. This war needs to be resolved.
America should be a peace maker, not a war monger.
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) January 27, 2023
The biggest threat to everyday Americans isn't Russia.
It's the American politicians trying to pull us into a war with Russia.
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) January 28, 2023
On Twitter, Kari Lake, a former candidate for governor of Arizona, supported Gosar's message. In 2017, she said that if she were elected governor, she would declare that the state had been invaded and deploy the National Guard to address the situation.
One of the greatest men to ever walk the halls of congress. A legend. https://t.co/Xtxu5fhKMW
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) January 28, 2023
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) January 27, 2023
Gosar, along with other members of the House, called for an immediate freeze on the US' foreign aid to Ukraine in August. He noted that the Biden administration was still giving billions of dollars to the country.
The preceding is a summary of an article that originally appeared on Valiant News.
