Who is Tim Walberg? GOP congressman faces ire over calls to bomb Gaza 'like Nagasaki and Hiroshima'

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In a shocking remark, Republican Rep. Tim Walberg asserted that the United States should drop bombs on Gaza like Nagasaki and Hiroshima to get it over quick.P)..

Speaking with constituents on March 25, Walberg of Michigan appeared to suggest that the US must deploy nuclear weapons in the Gaza strip rather than sending humanitarian aid..

The 72-year-old Walberg made these comments over questions regarding the Biden administration's intentions of constructing a floating pier off the coast of Gaza to channel aid to the Palestinians..

Walberg further clarified that while the Biden administration thinks it's critical to supply humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing war, the POTUS personally opposes it and says the United States shouldn't be spending a dime on humanitarian aid..

Stressing that the same method should be apply in Ukraine to defeat Putin quick", Walberg said: Instead [of] 80% in Ukraine being used for humanitarian purposes, it should be 80-100% to wipe out Russia, if thats what we want to do..

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