"This newest call from President Biden is simply a superficial mid-term election gimmick that will only damage our country in both the short and long term," said Republican representative for Arizona, Andy Biggs.
"In the last five weeks, the federal government raided the former president's home … [forgiven] student loans, at the same time that the president is out speaking about half the country being ‘semi-fascists'. The timing seems very political, the issues [around this aid bill] seem very political," said House Freedom Caucus chairman, Scott Perry, a Republican from Pennsylvania.
"It appears as though more and more MAGA Republicans are on the same soft-on-Putin playbook that we saw used by former President Trump."
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"We have to stand up for accountability to the American taxpayer and how their money is being spent and where," Perry said.