What if those US lawmakers pushing for sending billions to Ukraine without any accountability are sent to Ukraine to actually fight against the Russian military? One Florida conservative in the Congress has suggested so in the form of a bill drafted earlier this month.
For the past several months, Democrats in the Congress have been desperately trying to approve another Ukraine aid package worth more than $60 billion as Ukraine continues to lose territory to Russia in the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war. Since Republicans have seen their Democrat colleagues in the Congress supporting an open-border policy in America while demanding billions for Ukraine’s borders, they are denying Democrats the taxpayer money. Now one conservative Congresswoman has suggested sending the Ukraine-aid advocates straight to the war front.
On February 7, Daily Mail reported that Republican Representative in the House Anna Paulina Luna of Florida has drafted legislation that would make it mandatory for those members of Congress who advocate military support for Ukraine to “enlist in the armed forces and to serve on active duty in support of a contingency operation.” Congresswoman Luna’s bill is named Senators Can Help Underpin Military Engagement and Readiness Act, or SCHUMER Act for short.
Daily Mail hinted that the bill has been named after Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, as it came in response to his interview with MSNBC wherein he emphasized the need for more military funding for Ukraine. The story wrote:
The Florida Republican’s bill comes in response to an MSNBC interview Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gave where he warned that without Ukraine fighting, the U.S. could have boots on the ground to fight Russia in Eastern Europe soon.
When her bill was leaked to media, Congresswoman Luna took to Twitter/X to congratulate the leakers and asserted that she offers no apologies for drafting the legislation.
In his commentary on the story, Michael Schwarz of The Western Journal lauded the bill as a “patriotic statement” which is the most admirable thing that has come out of the Congress in a while. Schwarz also called out advocates of Ukraine war against Russia as “humankind’s vilest criminals.” He wrote:
For Schumer and anyone who threatens young Americans with combat unless congressional warmongers and war profiteers get their way, one hopes that hell has open borders.
Congresswoman Luna, an Air Force veteran, is no stranger to political attacks via leaks. Last year in February, she made headlines after she accused the Air Force of leaking her military records to a Democratic opposition research firm. Almost a dozen Republican lawmakers were reportedly affected by the leaks.
Over in Ukraine, Russia continues to seize territory on key battlefronts, regardless of NATO’s military aid. The past weekend, Russia seized full military control of Avdeevka as Ukrainians withdrew from the city in Donetsk Oblast after months of heavy fighting. Before Avdeevka, Ukraine lost two other key battlefronts to Russia last year—Bakhmut in May and Marinka in December 2023, both in Donetsk Oblast.
