Some members of the Republican Party are meeting with associates of Hungary's conservative minister, Viktor Orbán, in Washington D.C. this week to discuss terminating U.S. aid to Ukraine. Starting on Monday, the Guardian reported, a two-day event hosted by right-wing organization Heritage Foundation will commence, melding GOP-ers with members of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and staff from the Hungarian embassy.
Far-right Republicans have tried to stymie aid to Ukraine over the last several months, in stark contrast to the staunch bipartisan support seen when Russia launched its attack on Ukraine in February of 2022. These legislators have sought to use the Russo-Ukraine war as a means of enacting other political goals — chiefly, they've demanded more stringent immigration policy and protections along the U.S.-Mexico border. On Wednesday, the GOP blocked an emergency spending bill meant to funnel financial aid to Ukraine, even though President Joe Biden said he would be willing to offer "significant compromises" related to the border. “Make no mistake: Today’s vote’s going to be long remembered, and history is going to judge harshly those who turned their backs on freedom’s cause,” Biden said from the White House on Wednesday, not long before the vote took place.
