Posted on 10/26/2019 9:25:51 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
FULL TITLE: Rep. Brooks: When the U.S. Gov’t Gives Another Country Something — ‘There Better Dadgum Well Be a Quid Pro Quo’
According to Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), elements of quid pro quo when it comes to dealing with foreign governments that receive aid from the United States should be the rule and not the exception nor considered untoward.
During an appearance on Huntsville, AL radio WVNN’s “The Jeff Poor Show” earlier this week, Brooks, who was fresh off participating in the so-called storming of the House Intelligence Committee hearings on impeachment, said when things given to other governments, there should be an expectation from the United States.
He said it was not limited to investigations pertaining to corruption, as is what is alleged by House Democrats and the basis of their “impeachment inquiry.”
“Let me be real clear: In every instance in which the United States government gives another country something, whether it be military supply or it be food, there better dadgum well be a quid pro quo,” Brooks said. “There better be an expectation, for example, that military equipment we give the Ukraine is going to be used to fight the Russians. Another quid pro quo is that we have an expectation that Ukraine is not going to give that military equipment to any of our enemies like al Qaeda, the Islamic State, or what have you. If we give food, we expect that food aid to go to starving people. We don’t expect it to be sold on the black market for the profits of somebody who is going to be engaged in corrupt activities.”
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Damned straight!
You betcha. So far it’s been a one-way street with the US doing all the giving. Trump’s going to even it up.
Did someone put a dose of common sense into the Republican delegations drinking water?
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That is a very good point.
Giving money “away” SHOULD be part of diplomacy for the benefit of the US.
Simple not-so-common sense makes a rare appearance.
Hope it’s long lasting.
What exactly IS the high crime or misdemeanor that Trump committed even IF he did this?
What’s the big deal?
Nah, Mo’s a good ol’ boy. He has always been a good conservative. Wish he was my congressman. I’m in the gerrymandered district that give’s Alabama it’s diversity congress critter.
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