Michigan Congressman Tim Walberg appeared to get somewhat carried away with his rhetoric during a town hall meeting with constituents this week.
The event, which was held at Dundee Village Hall in Michigan, allowed attendees to ask Walberg his view on various hot button issues of the day.
One man said he knew a soldier who was travelling to Gaza to help build a port at the request of the Biden administration as Israel carries out its war against Hamas.
“Why are we spending our money to build a port for them?” the man asked, according to a video posted on the X platform.
“It’s Joe Biden’s reason; we need to get humanitarian aid into Gaza,” Walberg responded. “I don’t think any of our aid that goes to Israel to support our greatest ally, arguably maybe in the world, to defeat Hamas and Iran and Russia, and probably North Korea’s in there, and China, too, with them helping Hamas — we shouldn’t be spending a dime on humanitarian aid.”
New: Michigan GOP Representative Tim Walberg suggests nuclear weapons should be dropped on Gaza. “It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Get it over quick” pic.twitter.com/JkCR4Xp1VE
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) March 31, 2024
The Congressman then brought up the example of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, when the allies dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities, which together killed over 100,000 people.
Although the bombings did bring a swift end to the war with the surrender of the Axis powers, debate over the ethics of the decision is debated to this date.
“It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima,” he continued. “Get it over quick. The same should be in Ukraine. Defeat Putin quick.”
In a statement to Detroit News, Walberg’s spokesman Mike Rorke insisted that he “vehemently disagrees with putting our troops in harm’s way.”
Great to be in Jackson and Monroe counties to meet with constituents.
We discussed the Biden agenda, which has spurred prices to soar by 18.6% and created a crisis at the border.@HouseGOP is fighting Bidenomics and passed the strongest border security bill ever. pic.twitter.com/EeWs8kCc8Z
— Rep. Tim Walberg (@RepWalberg) March 28, 2024
“He has great empathy for the innocent people in Gaza who have been thrust into this situation due to the attack carried out by Hamas leaving 1,163 innocent civilians dead,” Rorke said.
“During his community gathering, [Walberg] clearly uses a metaphor to support Israel’s swift elimination of Hamas, which is the best chance to save lives long-term and the only hope at achieving a permanent peace in the region,” he continued.
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