JD Vance tells Washington, 'I don't trust you,'

fox news ^ | Jan 12, 2023 | Yael Halon

[MarMema]

Freshman Republican Sen. JD Vance is calling on the White House to release a complete audit report detailing the exact amount of financial support the United States has provided to Ukraine since February 2022 and how it has been spent as Congress weighs additional funding.

"Whether you support Ukrainian funding or not, the fundamental question is, we deserve, and the American people deserve to know how their money is being spent, especially when we're talking about $120 billion dollars of it," Vance said Wednesday on "Tucker Carlson Tonight." Earlier this week, Vance, R-Ohio, drafted a letter addressed to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young demanding a full "crosscutting" report to provide the public with "insight" into how the billions of U.S. dollars in financial assistance for Ukraine has been spent.

The letter, obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, is making its rounds among Republicans in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. GOP Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina has signed onto the letter, as well as GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri. "I would just like transparency here," Vance told Carlson. "Let’s just remind ourselves that over the past 20 years, the bipartisan foreign policy consensus in Washington, D.C. has been wrong about Afghanistan, they’ve been wrong about Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon and now with $120 billion of American taxpayer money on the line in a potential war of nuclear power, they are basically saying trust us. My response is, absolutely not. I don’t trust you, I don’t trust your motives, and I certainly don’t trust your judgment." Vance's assessment refers to the most recent omnibus spending bill, which brought the total budget authority for Ukraine and countries "impacted by the situation in Ukraine" to $114 billion.

[MarMema]

Freshman senator tells Tucker Carlson Americans deserve transparency

[Beowulf9]

I don't trust you, either.

[matthew fuller]

I really like this guy from Appalachia so far.

[No name given]

So do I.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

We don’t trust him either. Far from being the hillbilly he pretends to be, he’s actually a carpetbagger from Silicon Valley.

[MarMema]

Ohio!!

This Michigander is looking south and cheering.

[griswold3]

My response is, absolutely not. I don’t trust you, I don’t trust your motives, and I certainly don’t trust your judgment
I told my Senator to say this!

[Ann Archy]

GO JD!!

[Arcadian Empire]

Good letter.

The American government has been pouring hundreds of billions of American dollars into foreign countries for decades.

[MarMema]

Just for loudly demanding an audit of the money sent to Ukraine, I would happily send him chocolates.

[mylife]

Amen JD

[airborne]

$120 billion would have built one helluva wall on our southern border.

Maybe one on our northern border too!🙂

[Carriage Hill]

"The American government has been pouring hundreds of billions of American dollars into foreign countries for decades."

The American government has been pouring hundreds of billions MANY TRILLIONS of American dollars into foreign countries for decades.

Fixed it.

[Mr. Lucky]

Care to explain?

[Arcadian Empire]

Accurate edit acknowledged.

[Rannug]

My man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tupelo]

Is it possible, Vance is going to pleasantly surprise us?

[Taxman]

ping

[Albion Wilde]

See post 28.

[momincombatboots]

Only heard his name a few times.. is he for real or is he like joe manchin who co rote the most aggressive anti 2A bill under obama.