Thread by @RepDonBacon

I’m on my way to the House Floor to fight against abandoning our Ukrainian & Baltic allies. Cutting support is a sign of weakness that invites more Russian aggression. History would remember it as one of the great failures of American leadership.

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"I 100% support the Baltic Security Initiative. All three countries, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, are our best of friends. They are among our closest Allies. They embrace freedom, democracy, free markets and the rule of law. No one has embraced America and our values like the Baltic nations."

"The Baltics lead the way on defense spending. They spend more on defense per GDP than America. They’ve done more per GDP to help Ukraine than America. They lead by example."

"We need to make a very clear statement today to our Allies in the Baltic states and to NATO and to Russia. Strong support for the Baltic Security Initiative is a vote for deterrence and an eventual peace."

"I stand today in strong opposition to this amendment to defund DoD support for Ukraine. I’m a Reagan and Eisenhower Republican…a Post World War 2 Conservative. I believe in peace through strength, strong allies, that we are the world’s leader in defense of freedom and rule of law, and that we don’t cower to bullies."

"Ukrainians have suffered under Russian rule for many years to include four million Ukrainians purposefully and with malice starved to death in the 1930s. Today, the Russians commit war crimes against Ukraine every day. They bomb cities, kill innocent civilians, murder POWs and kidnap children."

"The United States does not have troops in this war, but a Ukrainian victory is in our national security interests. A thriving Ukraine that is a democracy with free markets is in our national security interest. If Ukraine falls, then you can assume Moldova, Georgia and others will also fall."

"United States must be on the side of freedom. It is not conservative to appease Putin nor is it conservative to have a lack of moral clarity on who is at fault for this war. It is not a conservative position to embrace isolationism and to have a muffled voice against war crimes. Populism is not conservatism."

"Two-thirds of Americans are with Ukraine today. Let us ensure the U.S. House is also on the side of freedom."