Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims Some Lawmakers Want US Troops in Ukraine

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told a crowd of supporters that some of her congressional colleagues “would love” to send U.S. troops to Ukraine.

Greene, the two-term Republican congresswoman from Georgia, has been a vocal critic of providing continuous domestic aid to Ukraine amid the European country’s more than two-year war with Russia, which began after the Kremlin’s forces invaded on February 24, 2022.

While speaking Monday evening at a town hall in Rome, Georgia, Greene chastised lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, referring to members of her own party who support sending aid to Ukraine as “RINOS,” or “Republicans in name only.”

During her speech, Greene claimed to have heard lawmakers discussing sending U.S. troops to fight in Ukraine.

“I’ve heard this whispered in different meetings, they would love to send our uncles, our cousins and our sons to that battlefield to Ukraine,” she said. “And I will tell you, over my dead body will they do that. We should not be fighting that war.”

It was unclear at the time of publication who exactly the congresswoman allegedly heard talking about sending American soldiers to Ukraine or how serious those discussions were. Greene did not provide additional details about the remarks.

“Speaking of borders, let’s talk about the country that most of us cannot find on a map but the Democrats and many of the RINOS think it’s the 51st state of the United States of America and that’s the country of Ukraine,” Greene said. “Now, do we have a heart for any country that is under attack? Of course, we do. We want the best for the Ukrainian people.”

While the Georgia Republican said she wants peace for Ukrainians, she said Kyiv doesn’t deserve U.S. financial backing, saying the federal government is “funding a war with billions and billions of dollars in our military equipment, which is the best in the world, in order to slaughter an entire generation of young Ukrainian men. Because that is what is happening in Ukraine.”

Newsweek reached out via email on Monday night to Greene’s representatives for comment.

This is a developing news story and will be updated.