Gallego, who joined the Senate last after serving in the House for about 10 years, made the comment on X, where he insisted that Ukraine could win the war if its forces killed enough Russians.
“But Ukraine can win. Thats why I back them. It’s a Russian talking point that Ukraine can’t win, cause Russia big blah,blah. If Ukraine kills enough Russians they will quit,” Gellego, an Iraq war veteran, wrote.
A user replied, telling the Senator to join the Ukrainian foreign legion, to which he replied, “No, that’s the beauty of this; we can pay the Ukrainians to kill the Russians.”
In another post a few days earlier, Gallego called for Elon Musk to testify before Congress about Ukraine’s recent Starlink restrictions. A user asked if he was pushing the Ukraine war for “financial gain,” and Gallego replied, “No just hate the fuckin Russians.”
It’s one of those things where, like… He’s not wrong, but what a fucking awful way to phrase it.
Yes, from a coldly pragmatic perspective, funding Ukraine’s efforts to defend their sovereignty against an invading foreign power is both the morally correct choice, and an incredibly cost effective way of doing damage to a state that is directly opposed to America’s interests. Even if you don’t care that Ukrainians need American support to defend their right to life and liberty, it’s still the correct choice from a completely selfish perspective just because of how much damage is being done to Russia for very little cost.
But holy fucking yikes, ‘Beauty’ was not the word to use to explain that.