阿拉巴马州共和党众议员莫·布鲁克斯驳回了众议院民主党领导的对唐纳德·特朗普总统在乌克兰事务的弹劾调查，称美国在提供外援时应始终要求回报。
布鲁克斯本周早些时候在阿拉巴马州雅典/亨茨维尔的WVNN电台节目中说，美国应该向接受食品或军事援助的国家要求一些回报。布鲁克斯说应该“永远存在”补偿物“在任何两个负责任的政府之间，特别是援助被用于互利美国安全和外国利益的目的。
布鲁克斯是几位国会共和党议员之一，他们暴跳如雷众议院情报委员会周三举行弹劾听证会。
总统一再否认他和外国政府之间曾经发生过任何交换交易。
“让我说得很清楚:每当美国政府给另一个国家一些东西的时候，不管是军事供应还是食物，最好是爸爸妈妈补偿物，”布鲁克斯继续说道杰夫穷人秀，用南方的词来表达烦恼。
“比如，我们给乌克兰的军事装备最好能被用来对抗俄罗斯。另一个交换条件是，我们期望乌克兰不会把这种军事装备给我们的任何敌人，如基地组织、伊斯兰国或你所拥有的任何东西，”他继续说道，并呼吁进行互利交易。
众议院少数党党鞭史蒂夫·斯卡利斯和佛罗里达州共和党众议员马特·盖兹是闯入安全室的其他议员之一，一名国防部官员在弹劾调查中被罢免。只有监督、外交和众议院情报委员会的成员应该出席。
斯卡利斯表示，他“自豪”地与30多名国会议员一起试图挫败众议院民主党弹劾总统的“厚颜无耻的企图”。星期三，斯卡利斯在室外对记者说，“他们试图用一套片面的规则弹劾美国总统。”
布鲁克斯在阿拉巴马电台节目中表示，他同意共和党议员的观点，称如果外国援助被用于腐败目的，就没有理由给予任何形式的援助。
布鲁克斯补充道:“所以，如果我们要参与负责任的政府，总会有回报，或者应该有回报。”。
“这就引出了特朗普是否越界要求乌克兰对可能的腐败进行调查的问题。乌克兰绝对应该调查可能的腐败。我们不应该给任何可能被挪用的国家援助，因为得到这些钱的实体是腐败的，人们是在掏腰包，而不是将这些钱或美利坚合众国的资产用于既定目的。”
尽管布鲁克斯鼓励寻求与外国政府的交换交易，特朗普一再否认存在任何此类交易，并指责众议院民主党的调查缺乏透明度。
“有人认为这公平吗？尽管没有交换条件，我相信他们会尝试的。比登斯还要糟糕！”法宝推特星期三。“‘没有现状你就不能有回报，’”特朗普说增加引用共和党众议员约翰·拉特克利夫对特朗普-乌克兰丑闻的看法。
特朗普的热心批评者，包括琼斯妈妈大卫·科恩，争论过总统与乌克兰的交易不仅仅是非法的交换，甚至称之为“敲诈”
布鲁克斯周五在脸书页面上写道，他谴责“社会主义民主党”试图“躲在国会大厦地下室”，而不是与共和党人合作“保护美国漏洞百出的南部边境或解决该国迅速扩张的问题”债务问题。
阿拉巴马州共和党众议员莫布鲁克斯说，美国“更好的爸爸”在向外国提供援助时要求交换条件。
GOP REP SAYS U.S. SHOULD DEMAND QUID PRO QUO WHEN GIVING FOREIGN AID
Alabama Republican Congressman Mo Brooks dismissed the House Democrat-led impeachment inquiry over President Donald Trump's Ukraine dealings, saying the U.S. should always demand returns when offering foreign aid.
Speaking earlier this week on an Athens/Huntsville, Alabama-based WVNN radio program, Brooks said the United States should be asking for something in return from countries who receive food or military aid. Brooks said there should "always be quid pro quo" between any two responsible governments, specifically that aid is used for purposes which mutually benefit U.S. security and foreign interests.
Brooks was among several Republican members of Congress who stormed the House Intelligence Committee hearings on impeachment Wednesday.
The president has repeatedly denied any quid pro quo dealings have ever occurred between himself and a foreign government.
"Let me be real clear: In every instance in which the United States government gives another country something, whether it be military supply or it be food, there better dadgum well be a quid pro quo," Brooks said on The Jeff Poor Show, using a Southern word which expresses annoyance.
"There better be an expectation, for example, that military equipment we give the Ukraine is going to be used to fight the Russians. Another quid pro quo is that we have an expectation that Ukraine is not going to give that military equipment to any of our enemies like al Qaeda, the Islamic State, or what have you," he continued, calling for a mutually beneficial transaction.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz were among the other lawmakers who burst into the secure room where a Defense Department official was being deposed in the impeachment inquiry. Only members of the Oversight and Foreign Affairs and House Intelligence committees were supposed to have been in attendance.
Scalise remarked that he was "proud" to have joined more than 30 members of Congress in trying to disrupt the House Democrats' "brazen attempt" to impeach the president. Talking to reporters outside the room Wednesday, Scalise complained "they're trying to impeach the president of the United States with a one-sided set of rules."
Speaking on the Alabama radio show, Brooks agreed with his fellow GOP lawmakers, saying there is no reason to give a foreign country aid of any kind if it's being used for corrupt purposes.
"So there is always a quid pro quo, or there should be, if we're going to engage in responsible government," Brooks added.
"That brings us to the question of whether Trump stepped across the line in requesting that Ukraine conduct an investigation into possible corruption. Absolutely Ukraine should investigate possible corruption. And we should not give any country aid that might be diverted because the entity that is getting that money is corrupt, and people are lining their pockets instead of using that money or assets of the United States of America for the purposes intended."
Despite Brooks' encouragement to seek a quid pro quo transaction with foreign governments, Trump has repeatedly denied the existence of any such dealings and has railed against House Democrats for a lack of transparency in their investigation.
"Does anybody think this is fair? Even though there was no quid pro quo, I'm sure they would like to try. Worse than the Dems!" Trump tweeted Wednesday. "'You can't have a quid pro quo with no quo,'" Trump added, quoting GOP Congressman John Ratcliffe's take on the Trump-Ukraine scandal.
Ardent Trump critics, including Mother Jones' David Corn, have argued that the president's Ukraine dealings amounted to more than just an illegal quid pro quo, going so far as to label it "extortion."
Writing on his Facebook page Friday, Brooks railed against "Socialist Democrats" for trying to "hide in the Capitol basement," instead of working with Republicans to "secure America's porous southern border or addressing the country's rapidly expanding debt problems.
labama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks said the U.S. "better dadgum well" ask for quid pro quo when giving aid to foreign countries.
